Bacchus and Ariadne Print by Titian Frame:Dark wood with servers pouring beer and

with servers pouring beer and musicians setting up their bagpipes

it depicts the origin of the Milky Way according to Greco-Roman myth

and this stunning woodblock print has been described as one of the simplest and at the same time one of the most outstanding of all Japanese prints

Painted around 1510 by Titian

De La Tour had a poignant style of painting

Bacchus and Ariadne Print by Titian Frame:Dark wood with servers pouring beer andThe Story Behind this Bacchus and Ariadne Print by Titian Painted around 1520 to 1523, this Bacchus and Ariadne print by Titian is one of a series of paintings commissioned by the Duke of Ferrara for the Ducal Palace. The Bacchus and Ariadne print depicts the Cretan princess Ariadne abandoned on the Greek island of Naxos by Theseus and with whom Bacchus, the god of wine, falls in love. Illustrating the story told by the Roman poets Catullus and Ovid,