Henry (César Isidore Henri Crosdit) Cros Henry (César Isidore Henri Cros, 1889 - The Ariadne's thread - fine art print

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Scene from Greek mythology where the daughter of King Minos, Theseus came seduced by Crete confront the Minotaur, offers to help him out of the maze by giving him a ball of thread to unwind from the entrance. Once in the labyrinth, it is sufficient for him to follow out the thus unwound thread. A woman draped in red attends the scene in the background.

Ariadne (Greek mythology); Theseus (Greek mythology)

mythological scene, Thread, Greco-Roman Mythology, Human Figure, Female

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"The Ariadne's thread" is an artwork by the artist Henry (César Isidore Henri Crosdit) Cros Henry (César Isidore Henri Cros. The original was painted with the size: Height: 69,5 cm, Width: 47,5 cm. Oil, Wood (material) was used by the artist as the medium of the artwork. The artwork can be viewed in in the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's digital art collection. With courtesy of Petit Palais Paris (public domain license).Besides, the artpiece has the creditline: . On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an image ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

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