19th-century Bronze Bust Of Ariadne, Wife Of Dionysus

Subject: "Bust of Ariadne, wife of Dionysus"...
in very good condition, unsigned, lost-wax bronze.
Height: 32 cm, Width: 24 cm - Weight: 3.9 kg.

Ariadne:
What makes Ariadne's story unique is that she is one of the very few heroines (perhaps even the only one) to attain a status usually reserved for male heroes in mythology, at the moment of their apotheosis.
Ariadne achieves divine status by becoming the wife of Dionysus, and thus joins the ranks of the Olympian gods.
Only Heracles receives such an honor after his death on a pyre when he is finally admitted to his father Zeus and Hera offers him the hand of her daughter Hebe in marriage. Furthermore, Ariadne and Dionysus are among the rare examples of marital bliss in Greek mythology.
The myth of Ariadne deserves a closer look.

Sold with invoice and certificate.

Bronze on display at our gallery in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (France) on weekends.
Free shipping within France.
Shipping abroad available upon request.

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