Set Design: Bacchus et Ariane

Painting of the sea shore. There is a ship to the far right and a giant, bearded male figure at center in the sky, gesturing to the side with one arm and throwing jagged white thunderbolts down at the sea with the other.

Set Design: Bacchus et Ariane

Description:
The Storm with Jupiter from Scene 1, Set Design for Bacchus et Ariane
Artist:
Giorgio de Chirico
Medium:
Graphite and tempera and/or watercolor with white highlights on paper
Dimensions:
H. 24.4 cm; W. 31.8 cm
Date:
ca. 1931
Inventory Number:
1933.455
Lender:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
Credit:
The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund
Allen Phillips/Wadsworth Atheneum