Current Location: Gallery 7 (Courtauld)
Titles
Bacchus
Maker(s)
Maker:
Unknown
(Uncertain)
Entities
Categories
Description
Bronze, cast, and gilt. Bacchus stands with the weight of his body on the left foot. Nude except for a feline pelt draped over his right shoulder, the end of which is held in his left hand. His right forearm rests on top of a tree-stump, a large bunch of grapes in his right hand. He wears a vine-wreath in his hair. Alabaster base.
Notes
History note: Henry Harris Collection; His Sale, Sotheby's, London, 24 October 1950, 'The Henry Harris Collection, Catalogue of the celebrated collection of bronzes, sculpture, paintings and works of art of the Italian Renaissance, the property of Henry Harris (decd.)', lot 68, part 1; bought A. Spero (£42); Marmaduke Langdale Horn, Stoke Charity, near Winchester.
Legal notes
Marmaduke Langdale Horn Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 21.9 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1953)
by
Horn, Marmaduke Langdale
Dating
18th Century
Circa
1700
CE
-
1800
CE
Note
The lack of gilding on the back this small bronze, and the drill holes in the base, suggest that this was originally made to decorate a piece of furniture, likely a cabinet, on which it would have been placed in a niche, where the back was unseen.
People, subjects and objects depicted
Project
Components of the work
Finish
composed of
gilt
Base
composed of
alabaster
Figure
composed of
bronze
Sculpture
Depth 7.6 cm
Height 22.3 cm
Width 9.2 cm
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.8-1953
Primary reference Number: 13946
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_8_1953
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
