VRIES, Adriaen de
(b. ca. 1556, The Hague, d. 1626, Prague)

Bacchus Discovering Ariadne on Naxos

c. 1610
Bronze, 52,5 x 42 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

This relief was made in the artist's Prague period, when he was in the service of Emperor Rudolf II, at a time when he was at the height of his fame and was regarded as one of the pre-eminent sculptors of his day.