Bacchus and Ariadne by Caesar van Everdingen was created in 1660. The painting is in Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden. The size of the work is 147 x 161 cm and is made of oil on canvas.
About the Work
Ariadne, crowned with a floral wreath, looks down at us with a coquettish smile. In a seductive pose, she sits on a flower-strewn stone bench opposite her future husband Bacchus. Van Everdingen depicts the moment when the goddess of love unites them through her embrace, while little Cupid hands the wine glass to Ariadne. This classicist painter represents the Greek gods with a smoothness that is reminiscent of sculpture, enhancing the viewer’s sensual experience of the figures. Discover more in Gemaldegalerie Alte Meister Dresden
About the Artist
Cesar Pietersz, or Cesar Boetius van Everdingen (1616/17 – buried 13 October 1678), older brother of Allart van Everdingen and Jan van Everdingen, was a Dutch Golden Age portrait and history painter. He was born in Alkmaar and educated in Utrecht, where he learned to paint from Jan Gerritsz van Bronckhorst. Caesar became a member of the painter’s guild in Alkmaar in 1632. His first known painting dates from 1636. In 1648 he moved to Haarlem, where he joined the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke and the civic guard (or schutterij) there, where he met Jacob van Campen. From 1648 to 1650 He helped him with the decoration of the Oranje Zaal (Orange room) in Huis ten Bosch. In 1658 he moved back to Alkmaar where he started a workshop and took on pupils. He died and was buried in the Grote- or St. Laurenskerk in Alkmaar. Read more in Wikipedia
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