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Bacchus
Factory:
Wedgwood
Sculptor:
Michelangelo Buonarroti
(After)
Black basalt. Bacchus stands on an oval straight-sided base beside a tree trunk. He stands on his left leg with right relaxed, holding a wine cup up to his lips with his right hand and his left by his side holding in the hand a goatskin which falls down over the trunk and has two bunches of grapes protruding from it.
History note: Collection of Swann Hurrell, 30 Thompson’s Lane, Cambridge and from 1891, St Leonard’s (d. 1897); his niece, Miss Emily Beales, ‘Hurrell’, St Leonard’s on Sea
Given by Miss Emily Beales
Height: 27.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1915-06-26) by Beales, Emily, Miss
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa
1780
CE
-
1825
CE
This model was derived from the marble by Michelangelo (1475-1564), carved for Jacopo Galli c. 1497-8, and now in the Museo Nazionale, Florence (Documentation, Pope-Hennessy, 1970). The London plaster makers, Hoskins and Oliver, supplied Wedgwood with a Bacchus in 1770 (Invoice 2-30950, May 1770), but it is not clear whether it was for this figure or the Bacchus after Sansovino (MAR.C.7-1912). Both were listed in 'A Catalogue of cameos, intaglios, medals and bas-reliefs; with a general account of vases and other ornaments, after the antique, made by Wedgwood & Bentley', London, 1773 (not available in the museum). They are also mentioned in the Wedgwood & Bentley Catalogue . . . . 5th edn, 1779, p. 51 under Class XII, Section II, no. '8 Bacchus, from Sansovino, 11 inches.' and '9 Ditto, from Michael Angelo, 11 inches.', an inch or so larger than the figures in the Fitzwilliam.
Moulding : Black basalt, moulded
Accession number: C.5-1915
Primary reference Number: 11169
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Bacchus" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/11169 Accessed: 2024-11-08 08:54:53
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