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The Wedding of Bacchus and Ariadne

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Bernardino Galliari
1707-1794

The Wedding of Bacchus and Ariadne

1756.
11 7/16 x 16 9/16 inches (290 x 420 mm)
Brush and brown, with gray-brown, and yellow wash, over graphite, on paper; squared for transfer in graphite.
1982.75:245

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
This is the preliminary cartoon for the curtain of the Teatro Regio di Torino. There is an oil sketch of this design in the Pinacoteca Sabauda in Turin executed in 1756. The drawing has an overlay of ruled squares which indicates that this is the preliminary sketch for the Turin painting.
Inscriptions/Markings
On contemporary paper added along the lower margin is "Ecole Italienne, Galliari (Bernardino)".
Associated names
Schatzki, Walter, 1899-1983, former owner.
Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
School
Department