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"Bacchus"

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1900-1902

GUSN

GUSN-222181

Description

Terracotta garden statue in the form of Bacchus. Statue body [A] of a young man wearing an ivy wreath, holding a bunch of grapes in his right hand. Detachable left arm [B] joins at shoulder. Left arm is upraised and holds a circular dish. A satyr sits behind Bacchus' right leg. Circular base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

statues
terracotta (clay material)
metal
Italianate (North American architecture styles )
Statue, Garden

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

After Sansovino, Jacobo, 1486-1570 (Artist)

Dimensions

51 (H), 22 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.19004AB

Reference Notes

Author: John Davis

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