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The Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne

The Farnese ceiling, taken home on paper.

What

Bacchus and Ariadne ride in triumph, his chariot drawn by lions and hers by goats, with Silenus on his donkey and putti overhead.

Why

Annibale Carracci painted the scene at the centre of the Farnese Gallery ceiling in Rome for Cardinal Odoardo Farnese; prints like this one carried it to every court in Europe.

Notice

Silenus at the front, swaying on his donkey ahead of the gods.

“A cardinal’s ceiling, made portable.”

Format

The full-resolution, colour-managed file — yours to print and keep. Editions ship with their certificate.

Sized to protect print quality — this source supports sizes up to 27x41" cleanly.

Size

$49.00

Honesty

Reproduction

A faithful reproduction of a public-domain work. Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-35.793.

Kind: reproduction
Artist: after Annibale Carracci
Era: after Annibale Carracci, 17th century
Source: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (source published 1930 or earlier). Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, RP-P-OB-35.793. Wikimedia Commons imageinfo + wikitext read 2026-11-01: 7884x4434 image/jpeg; licence template {{CC-zero}}; extmetadata License=cc0.