Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair)

William Adolphe Bouguereau

Cleveland Museum of Art

Two oval paintings on a gray background, each featuring a mythological figure riding an animal. Top painting: A young, white, naked man with short dark hair sits astride a green sea creature that resembles a horse with flippers and a tail. He holds a white lyre and wears a blue cloth around his waist. The background is gold with a honeycomb pattern. Bottom painting: A young, white woman with long, light-brown hair and a green wreath rides a large brown panther; she wears a flowing pink and gold cloth wrapped around her body and holds a stick or wand. The background of this painting also features a gold honeycomb pattern. Both paintings are symmetrical.