Bacchus and Ariadne
1808–11
Henry Bone
Henry Bone (British, 1755–1834)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Bacchus and Ariadne, 1808–11. Henry Bone (British, 1755–1834), after Titian (Italian, c. 1488–1576). Enamel, in original gilt-wood and gesso carved frame; unframed: 40.5 x 46 cm (15 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2013.51 Henry Bone was known for his enamel paintings created through a laborious process of fusing painted glass to copper and firing at controlled temperatures.
- Maker/Artist
- Bone, Henry
- Classification
- Miniature
- Formatted Medium
- enamel, in original gilt-wood and gesso carved frame
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 40.5 x 46 cm (15 15/16 x 18 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed and dated H Bone, 1811 on the recto (on the urn, lower left), inscribed on frame mat at bottom right: ENAMEL HBONE, and signed, dated and inscribed in full on the counter-enamel "painted by Henry Bone R.A. Enamel painter in Ordinary to His Majesty and Enamel painter to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, after the Original by Titian in the Collection of the Rt: Honble: Lord Kinnaird &c &c &c.____ This Picture the most celebrated amongst the Bacchanalian Subjects of Titian (when patronis'd by Alphonso Duke of Ferrara) was ultimately brought to this Country from the Villa Aldobrandini in Rome in 1806, from whence it was imported by Willm. Buchanan Esq.____ Size of the Original 6 feet 2 inches, by 5 ---- 10 ---- This Enamel picture w[as] began July 30th 1808 and finish'd March 1811. ___ (HB. Elected a Royal Academician Feby. 11th 1811)"
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 2013.51
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
- Exhibitions
- British Gallery Reinstallation (June 2020)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 203B British Painting and Decorative Arts
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