Ariadne Reduction - Item #141

  10 Inches High x 5 Inches Wide x 6 Inches Deep This is a reduction of the original sculpture (see Item # 189). The original bust is a Roman marble copy of a Greek original. It may very well not be a portrait of Ariadne but of her lover, Bacchus (Roman)/Dionysus (Greek).   Museum: Musei Capitolini (Palazzo Nuovo, Hall of the Galatian), Rome Time Period: Ancient Greek/Ancient Roman 1911 Catalog ID # - 4924   Sources: "Explore the Collections" feature. Thorvaldsens Museum. Inventory number L113. http://www.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/collections.  Bencard, Ernst Jonas. "Ropp's Commission 1804-05." The Thorvaldsens Museum Archives, 2012, http://arkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/articles/ropps-commission-1804-05.