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Ariadne
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1904
actions: postures and motions
adults
Ariadne
bending forward
classical myths: gods and heroes
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
female
grief
kneeling
nudes
people
religion and belief
sadness
woman
sculpture marble
Ariadne
object: 1041 × 1422 × 406 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1904
<p><b>N02265</b> ARIADNE 1908</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>White marble, 41×56×16 (104×142×41).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1908.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1908 (1820).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> <i>Royal Academy Pictures</i>, 1908, p.153; <i>Connoisseur</i>, XLIV, 1916, p.211.</p>
<p>Completed just in time for the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/academy" title="Glossary definition for 'Academy'"><span>Academy</span></a> exhibition of 1908, though the preliminary sketch in clay was made some years before. The idea of the subject, the deserted Ariadne in despair, came at a time when the artist was feeling much in despair himself (letter, based on information given by the artist, from his niece Mrs Clare M. Shepherd, 16 April 1959).</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-09-23T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults Ariadne bending forward classical myths: gods and heroes emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas female grief kneeling nudes people religion and belief sadness woman