# Bacchus and Ariadne [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [KAUFFMANN, Angelica]() - Date: 1751-1800 - Technique: Oil on canvas ## Commentary It was Ariadne, the daughter of King Minos of Crete, who helped Theseus, whom she loved, to escape from the labyrinth with the aid of a ball of string, but all she had in return was to be abandoned by him on the island of Naxos. Here Bacchus came to her rescue. Classical representations show Ariadne asleep when Bacchus arrives, as described by Philostratus. ## Related artworks - [Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus on Naxos]() - [Diana and Her Nymphs Bathing]() - [Portrait of a Woman as a Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman Dressed as Vestal Virgin]() - [Portrait of a Woman]() - [Portrait of a Young Woman]() - [Portrait of Charles Brudenell-Bruce]() - [Portrait of General James Masterson]() - [Portrait of Henrietta Maria Hill]() - [Portrait of John Apthorp and His Daughters]() - [Portrait of Prince Stanislaus Poniatowski]() - [Self-Portrait]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()