Collection

1911 ARIADNE

Louis Schünzel, Ariadne after Angelika Kauffmann
A depiction of Ariadne left behind by her bridegroom Theseus on the island of Naxos, while the abandoned woman looks in horror after the ship sailing away, the god of love Cupid, depicted as a putto, sinks into mourning, finely glazed copy after the painting “Die verlassene Ariadne” by Angelika Kauffmann (1741-1807), which was painted before 1782 and is now kept in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden, oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower left “L.
Schünzel – Nach A. Kauffmann”,
“, stamped
on the reverse of the canvas “Copie nach No. 2183 der Königl. Gemälde-Galerie zu Dresden 1911”,
“, craquelure, restored,
framed, inner dimensions approx. 89 x 69 cm.
Artist info: copyist (active mentioned 1911-27), created old master copies at the Königliche Gemäldegalerie “Alte Meister” Dresden, lived in Dresden.