who sits on the shore; above, Venus, floating in the air, crowns Ariadne with stars. Once one of the noblest pictures in the world, but now miserably faded by the sun, which falls on it all day long.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. 64; Burckhardt, 752; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 217.
By Titian, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. 3 in.; signed. Subject from Catullus (Peleus and Thetis, lxiv. 252). Ariadne, on the shore of Naxos, turns as if to flee from Bacchus, who is eagerly leaping from his leopard-drawn car; a boisterous procession of Satyrs and Menads issue from a wood on right. Painted in Ferrara in 1523; removed in 1598 to Rome, where it was in the Barberini and Aldobrandini collections; purchased from latter in 1806 for Mr. Buchanan; sold in 1826 to National Gallery. Copies by Varotari in Bergamo Gallery; copies by Poussin at Alnwick Castle and in Accademia di S. Luca, Rome. Engraved by G. A. Podesta (1636), and J. Juster (1691).—C. & C., Titian, i. 259; Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 257; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 434; Richter, 86.
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Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian, National Gallery, London.
BACCHUS, YOUTH OF, Adolphe Bouguereau,
Paris; canvas. The boy-god, mounted
upon the shoulders of a shepherd and
surrounded by dancing nymphs and satyrs,
is the centre of a procession passing through
a glade; centaurs lead the throng on the
right, and Silenus on his ass brings up the
rear. Salon, 1884.—Art Journal (1884), 180.
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BACCICCIO, IL, born in Genoa May 8,
1639, died in Rome
April 2, 1709. Genoese
school; real
name Gio. Battista
Gaulli; pupil of Luciano
Borzone, went
early to Rome and
by studying works of great
masters formed a style
which brought him into
repute. He distinguished
himself especially as a machinist;
his most conspicuous
work is the dome of
the Gesù, Rome, where he
represented St. Francis
Xavier taken up into
heaven. Also celebrated
for his portraits; painted
seven popes and many
other persons of rank.—Lanzi,
i. 515, iii. 275;
Ch. Blanc, École génoise.
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BACH, ALOIS, born at Eschelkamm, Bavaria,
Dec. 12, 1809. Painter of horses,
genre subjects, and landscapes. In 1828
entered the Munich Academy
under Heinrich Hess, then
studied works of Albrecht
Adam and Peter Hess, and
later was strongly influenced
by his friend Ed. Schleich.
Works: Mail Coach in the Snow, Storm
Approaching, Bavarian Village in Harvest
