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.
statues
terracotta (clay material)
metal
Italianate (North American architecture styles )
Statue, Garden
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
After Sansovino, Jacobo, 1486-1570 (Artist)
51 (H), 22 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.19004AB
Author: John Davis
Title Pair of fluted columns Accession Number S2011.8.1
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