Bacchus and a Young Satyr

Datec. 1640

Modern PlaceItaly, Southern Europe, Europe

MediumBronze

ClassificationsSculpture

Dimensions19 3/4 x 9 x 8 in.
50.2 x 22.9 x 20.3 cm
base: 2½ x 8 1/8 x 6 1/8 in.
6.4 x 20.6 x 15.6 cm

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, New Endowment Fund

Object number82.27

DescriptionBacchus, nude, except for a wreath of grapes and grape leaves on his head, is shown in a contrapposto stance, the right leg engaged, the left slightly bent at the knee. He holds a goatskin in his right hand and a kylix in his left. To his right there is a young satyr who has his left arm slung through the goatskin. The satyr squeezes juice from grapes in his left hand into a cup held in his right. He looks up at the figure of Bacchus. The figures have a golden brown patina and a reddish black lacquer.

On View

On view

Locations

Exhibition Demo Museum (Hanover Square), Level 3, European Sculpture & Decorative, Gallery 6

ProvenanceD'Este, Mantua (possibly) Andre Le Notre, France Louis XIV, by 1707 Louis XV Louis XVI, until 1796 Citizen Jourdan (verrier a Muntzhal) Jourdan sale, March 4, 1803 M. Cailard of Cailar Cailard sale, May 2, 1809 Unknown collections M. Robert Piquet, early twentieth century Jansen, Maison de decoration, 1932 Christian Berard Jean Michel Frank Paris art market Purchased from Alain Moatti, Paris, in 1982.