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| Keywords: Italian - Pendant with Ariadne Deserted by Theseus - Walters 421176.jpg This large pendant has a detailed mythological scene engraved in the agate Ariadne is abandoned on the island of Naxos by the Athenian hero Theseus indicated by the ships on the right leaving the island without Ariadne Theseus had fled with her from Crete where she had helped him escape the famous labyrinth commissioned by her father Minos after Theseus killed the ghastly Minotaur and freed the Athenian youths held hostage there The reason for Theseus's unheroic behavior can be seen on the left side of the pendant the god Dionysus is approaching in a chariot drawn by goat-legged followers He has fallen in love with Ariadne and so marries her century 18 gold chalcedony cm 4 3 4 9 accession number 42 1176 30180 Arundel Collection Marlborough Collection no 191 Henry Walters New York Mrs Henry Walters New York 1931 by inheritance Sale Joseph Brummer New York 1942 Walters Art Museum 1942 by purchase Museum purchase 1942 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Italy Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
