books0977: Ariadne (c.1803-1804). Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805). Oil on canvas. The
books0977: Ariadne (c.1803-1804). Jean-Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805). Oil on canvas. The Wallace Collection.According to Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Ariadne helped Theseus to slay the Minotaur and escape the labyrinth, only to be abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. Bacchus rescued her, took her jewelled crown and threw it into the heavens, where it became a constellation. He married her soon afterwards. Ariadne is characteristically shown lamenting her lost love before being comforted by the new. A late work, loose in handling and exaggerated in expression, it may be identified with the Ariane dans l'île de Naxos exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1804. -- source link