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 who sits on the shore; above, Venus, floating in the air, crowns Ariadne with stars. Once one of the noblest pictures in the world, but now miserably faded by the sun, which falls on it all day long.—Ruskin, Stones of Venice, iii. 297; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. 64; Burckhardt, 752; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 217.

By Titian, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 9 in. × 6 ft. 3 in.; signed. Subject from Catullus (Peleus and Thetis, lxiv. 252). Ariadne, on the shore of Naxos, turns as if to flee from Bacchus, who is eagerly leaping from his leopard-drawn car; a boisterous procession of Satyrs and Menads issue from a wood on right. Painted in Ferrara in 1523; removed in 1598 to Rome, where it was in the Barberini and Aldobrandini collections; purchased from latter in 1806 for Mr. Buchanan; sold in 1826 to National Gallery. Copies by Varotari in Bergamo Gallery; copies by Poussin at Alnwick Castle and in Accademia di S. Luca, Rome. Engraved by G. A. Podesta (1636), and J. Juster (1691).—C. & C., Titian, i. 259; Ridolfi, Maraviglie, i. 257; Vasari, ed. Mil., vii. 434; Richter, 86.

Bacchus and Ariadne, Titian, National Gallery, London.

BACCHUS, YOUTH OF, Adolphe Bouguereau, Paris; canvas. The boy-god, mounted upon the shoulders of a shepherd and surrounded by dancing nymphs and satyrs, is the centre of a procession passing through a glade; centaurs lead the throng on the right, and Silenus on his ass brings up the rear. Salon, 1884.—Art Journal (1884), 180.

BACCICCIO, IL, born in Genoa May 8, 1639, died in Rome April 2, 1709. Genoese school; real name Gio. Battista Gaulli; pupil of Luciano Borzone, went early to Rome and by studying works of great masters formed a style which brought him into repute. He distinguished himself especially as a machinist; his most conspicuous work is the dome of the Gesù, Rome, where he represented St. Francis Xavier taken up into heaven. Also celebrated for his portraits; painted seven popes and many other persons of rank.—Lanzi, i. 515, iii. 275; Ch. Blanc, École génoise.

BACH, ALOIS, born at Eschelkamm, Bavaria, Dec. 12, 1809. Painter of horses, genre subjects, and landscapes. In 1828 entered the Munich Academy under Heinrich Hess, then studied works of Albrecht Adam and Peter Hess, and later was strongly influenced by his friend Ed. Schleich. Works: Mail Coach in the Snow, Storm Approaching, Bavarian Village in Harvest