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GODS AND MYTHS
Further details
Euphrosyne complaining to Venus of the Wound caused by Cupid's Dart; this picture, and its companion piece, 'Bacchus and Ariadne,' represent the theme of love lost and found, as well as the painful pleasure that love can inflict; commissioned by Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Lord Berwick (1770-1832)
Artist or creator
Date
1793
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Subject taken from 'Le Grazie Vendicate' (Defence of the Graces) by Metastasio (1698-1782). The subject of the companion picture, 'Bacchus and Ariadne,' is from Ovid. Together the pictures form a pictorial representation of the debate on the comparative merits of classical and modern verse.
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
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