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The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne

Former Attribution Formerly attributed to Charles Le Brun French
ca. 1709
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Object Information
  • Title: The Wedding Feast of Bacchus and Ariadne
  • Artist: Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder (French, Fontainebleau 1648–1729 Paris)
  • Former Attribution: Formerly attributed to Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1709
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, heightened with white, over red chalk, on beige paper
  • Dimensions: 7 5/8 x 22 5/8 in. (19.3 x 57.5 cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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