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"The restoration of Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne from 1967 to 1968 was a controversial restoration at the National Gallery, due to concern that the painting's tonality had been thrown out of balance." Bomford, David (1997), Conservation of Paintings, London: National Gallery Company, 72

"The National Gallery has also been criticised for misattributing paintings. Kenneth Clark's decision in 1939 to relabel a group of paintings by anonymous artists of the Venetian school as works by Giorgione (a crowd-pulling artist due to the rarity of his paintings) made him unpopular with his staff." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery

"Why was the painting made? ‘Bacchus and Ariadne’ was commissioned by Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara, as part of a decorative scheme for a small room, the Camerino d’Alabastro (alabaster chamber), in the ducal palace. Alfonso’s plan was for works by the best artists in Italy to hang together there, to recreate an ancient picture gallery, as described in a lateantique Greek text. Two of the commissioned artists, Raphael and Fra Bartolommeo, died before completing their works, and Titian ended up painting three pictures (the other two are in the Prado, in Madrid)." http://www.takeonepicture.org/pub/pdf/notes_bacchus_acc.pdf

Cybrarian's note: Raphael didn't die in 1501 or 1520 and near as I can tell she ain't dead. Tiziano Vecelli and Giorgione [AKA Sebastiano del Piombo] could't and wouldn't paint "Bacchus and Ariadne" on their best days. (On a practical note, what would critics write without the National Gallery?)

http://www.wga.hu/html/g/ghirland/ridolfo/old_man.html

"Until 1912 the painting was attributed to Raphael. Ridolfo, the son of Domenico Ghirlandaio and friend of Raphael, worked with Raphael and as a portraitist followed his style."