Bacchus and Ariadne of Titian

By Kind Permission of a Private Collection

Ruskin appears to have in mind here Reynolds on Titian, and particularly Reynolds on Bacchus and Ariadne in Discourse Eight.

IB

Tiziano Vecellio (Titian) c.1490-1576
Bacchus and Ariadne 1522-3
Oil on canvas, 175.2x190.5cm
Collection: National Gallery, London