019. Bacchus and Ariadne

This is one of two vases called Vases ‘Oeuf’ (egg), completed by the Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory in 1810. This vase is decorated with a painting called ‘Bacchus and Ariadne.’ The two vases were delivered to Prince Louis I of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1810. The vase is currently in the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Watercolor and gouache on gesso board.

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