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 Bacchanal, Giovanni Bellini and Titian, Alnwick Castle, England.

and their companions celebrating an orgy; Ariadne in foreground at right, insensible from wine; in the distance the galley of Theseus sailing away. Painted in 1519-20 for Duke Alfonso of Ferrara; same subsequent history as the Venus Worship. Copy by Rubens in Royal Palace, Stockholm.—C. & C., Titian, i. 231, 265; Sainsbury Papers, 823.

BACCHANTE, Annibale Carracci, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, life size. A bacchante, seen from behind, nearly nude, half reclining under a tree, with a flying Cupid crowning her with a wreath; at left, the god Pan offers her a dish of grapes, while a little satyr embraces one of her legs. Painted for the Bolognetti family, who sold it to the Medici. Copy, formerly in Farnese collection, now in Naples Museum.—Malvasia, i. 378; Molini, i. 53; Soc. Ed. & Paris, Gall. de Firenze, Pl. 97; Museo Borbonico, viii. Pl. 47; Lasinio, i. Pl. 16.

By George Romney, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 1 ft. 7 in. × 1 ft. 3 in. Bust portrait of Emma Lyon, afterwards Lady Hamilton, wife of Sir Wm. Hamilton and mistress of Lord Nelson. Painted about 1786; Vernon Collection. Engraved by C. Hall.—Art Journal (1854), 88.

BACCHIACCHA. See Ubertini.

BACCHUS or Dionysus, ancient pictures. See Aristides, Ctesilochus; Liber, see Echion, Nicias.

By Guido Reni, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; canvas, H. 2 ft. 8 in. × 2 ft. 2 in. Bacchus, half length, crowned with grapes and leaves, bearing a salver and cup; a wicker flask hangs from his finger; in front, a nude boy bears a large vase. Engraved by E. Beisson; V. della Bruna.—Wicar, ii. Part 13; Gal. du Pal. Pitti, i. Pl. 67; Lavice, 68.

By Velasquez. See Borrachos.

By Leonardo da Vinci (?), Louvre; canvas, H. 5 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. 9 in. Seated on a stone, crowned with vine leaves and leaning on a thyrsus. From collection of Louis XIV. Ascribed, in inventory of the Restoration, to a scholar of Leonardo. Passavant thinks it was originally a John Baptist in the Desert, as there is a picture like it, save the crown of leaves, representing the Saint, in S. Eustorgo, Milan; the vine leaves and the thyrsus are evidently additions.—Vasari, ed. Mil., iv. 60; Villot, Louvre; Rigollot, Hist. des Arts, &c., i. 288; Heaton, 255; Gaz. des Beaux Arts (1866), xx. 47.

BACCHUS AND ARIADNE, Claude Lorrain. See Ulysses and Nausicaa.

By Tintoretto, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; canvas. Figures nude. Bacchus, crowned with vine leaves, and with leaves and grapes about his loins, stands in the water at the edge of the sea, offering a ring to Ariadne,