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Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos

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Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos

1808–12

Public domainThis image is free to download, share and reuse. The license is recorded as "Public domain" by Wikimedia Commons. See the evidence.

The story

Vanderlyn's Ariadne is one of the first nude paintings ever shown in the United States. In 2019 PAFA hung it near contemporary self-portraits, and curator Jodi Throckmorton called it a super sexualized classical nude painted by a male painter.

Source, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Object details

Title: Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos
Artist: John Vanderlyn
Date: 1808–12
Culture: Not recorded
Medium: Oil on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0616
Original image: 2622 × 2025 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

Cite this object

John Vanderlyn. Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos. 1808–12. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0616/

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