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Ariadne on the Panther

Artist Pietro Bazzanti Workshop
After Artist Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (German, 1758–1841)
Title Ariadne on the Panther (Ariadne auf dem Panther)
Date Ca. 1880
Medium Marble
Dimensions Overall: 23 3/4 x 9 x 21 1/2 in. (60.3 x 22.9 x 54.6 cm)
Credit Line Arthur R. Metz Collection; Gift of the Arthur R. Metz Foundation, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
Accession Number 94.76

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The Bazzanti workshop in Florence produced copies of popular sculptures for the tourist market. This marble depiction of Ariadne, the daughter of the mythical King Minos of Crete, reproduces a neoclassical work by German sculptor von Dannecker, who was influenced by the work of Antonio Canova and ancient Roman sculptures.


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