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Guido Reni, "Bacchus and Ariadne," 1619-1620, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, M. 79.63.

P. Conisbee, et al., The Ahmanson Gifts: European masterpieces in the collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LA, 1991), 56: "Bacchus and Ariadne was painted at this most classical moment of Reni's career, when he was at the peak of his powers and reputation. ... The two figures are studiedly perfect in form, as befits ideal characters in an ancient myth. Sky and sea seem impossibly blue."

Discussion: D. Stephen Pepper, Guido Reni: a complete catalogue of his works, with an introductory text (Oxford: Phaedon, 1984), no. 66 ill.

The image at right is downloaded from ArtStor, which credits as owning institution the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.