Description
White earthenware sculptural group – The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne – Capodimonte Manufactory, second half of the 19th century.
White earthenware sculptural group with a glossy glaze, in the round.
The group, of remarkable compositional skill, depicts the Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne: the couple, crowned with vine leaves, sit on a chariot with a perforated wheel featuring palmette motifs, pulled by two lions. Around them are a satyr intent on holding the wheel, a winged putto, and a procession of dancing female figures, rendered with a lively plastic imagination in the late Baroque style.
The base bears the crowned N mark, typical of the Capodimonte Manufactory.
Condition report: The glaze has widespread craquelure and minor chipping at the extremities of the figures. Some older restorations and repairs are noted. Good general state of preservation, consistent with the period.
