Since this is the nymph Ariadne, and Naxos is where she got the hots for Bacchus, and since Bacchus is the god of wine, I strongly suggest that the moral of the painting is that the hangover after a night of drunken sex is a doozy.
has minimal info about this artist. Other than his Wikipedia.org page, pointed to by the first URL, I couldn’t find any more about him. Though he was active for over 30 years, this seems to be his only work shown online.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1784 (September 19, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
BE THIS GUY over 6 years ago
She woke up to discover he was gone and he didn’t even give her his phone number.
Bilan over 6 years ago
“Wait a sec. Why does the dentist need me to disrobe?”
Arianne over 6 years ago
That’s it, make them work overtime.
It’ll serve your neighbor right!
J Short over 6 years ago
Hopefully they have one of those vehicle that beeps incessantly when backing up.
Knightman Premium Member over 6 years ago
“Where the hell am I???” One drink he said???
Arianne over 6 years ago
Whoa, change of plans. I am not going skinny dipping with HIM!
rugeirn over 6 years ago
Since this is the nymph Ariadne, and Naxos is where she got the hots for Bacchus, and since Bacchus is the god of wine, I strongly suggest that the moral of the painting is that the hangover after a night of drunken sex is a doozy.
mabrndt Premium Member over 6 years ago
2 URLs (each is one line):
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Friedrich_Horschelt_Ariadne_auf_Naxos_1853.jpg
(best viewed by Google Chrome, which can translate most webpages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.
http://www.askart.com/artist/Friedrich_Horschelt/11107967/Friedrich_Horschelt.aspx
has minimal info about this artist. Other than his Wikipedia.org page, pointed to by the first URL, I couldn’t find any more about him. Though he was active for over 30 years, this seems to be his only work shown online.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #1784 (September 19, 2017) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment; so, I won’t point to it here.
gopher gofer over 6 years ago
what was in those brownies…?