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Bacchante and Infant Satyr: M.2-1960

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

Bacchante and Infant Satyr

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Clodion (Claude Michel)

Entities

Categories

Description

Terracotta. Oval, with figures in relief. In the centre a Bacchante holding hands with an infant satyr, who dances on her left foot, two other small satyrs stand at a pedestal on which burns a fire. At the bottom of the plaque a basket of fruit.

Notes

History note: Purchased from Paul Wengraf The Arcade Gallery, Bond Street, London, who purchased it from Bochler in Germany.

Legal notes

Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Measurements and weight

Height: 10 1/2 in
Width: 8 3/4 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1960-07-21) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum

Dating

18th Century
Louis XVI
Production date: AD 1774

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Materials used in production

Terracotta

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Terracotta

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: signed and dated

  • Text: Clodion 1774
  • Location: Lower front
  • Type: Signature

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: M.2-1960
Primary reference Number: 29873
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1960

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 29 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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