“A poet singing a lover’s song” , “Allegory of music” (?), The former name “Bacchus and Ariadne” ( German: Bacchus und Ariadne ) is a marble high relief by Italian sculptor Tullio Lombardo (1455-1532). Created around 1505/1510. It is stored in the at the Museum of the History of Art , Vienna (in.number UK 7471).
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| Tullio Lombardo | ||
| Poet singing a sweetheart song . OK. 1505/1510 | ||
| him. Bacchus und ariadne | ||
| Marble , traces of coloring. Height 56 cm | ||
| Museum of the History of Art , Vienna | ||
The high relief depicts a young couple, bowing their heads to each other, their eyes are directed into the distance. A young man with a half-open mouth and a moving adam apple , probably a poet , a girl listens to him. A piece of his poetic wreath easily touches her forehead - his thoughts inspire her. As in the poetic paintings of Giorgione (1477-1510) or Titian (1488 / 90-1576), it seems that the theme is the magical effect of the lyrical poetic song.
High relief is considered one of the best plastic works of the Venetian Renaissance and a masterpiece of Lombardo, who was a leading sculptor in Venice in 1500.
Literature
- Conrad Schlegel. Museum of Art History. Vein. Kunstkamera, Vienna. - London: CHBeck / Scala Publishers Ltd, 2013 .-- 128 p. - (Museums of the world). - ISBN 978-3-406-64752-9 .
- Masterpieces of the Kunstkammer Vienna. A Brief Guide to the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Edited by . - Volume 12. - Vienna: Kunsthistorisches Museum , 2013 .-- 240 p. - ISBN 978-3-99020-037-7 . (eng.)