Lot Essay
Ino, a figure of ideal womanhood and benevolence, was the aunt of Bacchus and had cared for him from a young age.
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Ino and Bacchus
Details
Chauncey Bradley Ives (1810-1894)
Ino and Bacchus
signed and inscribed 'C.B. Ives./Fecit.Romae' (along the base)
marble
53½ in. (135.9 cm.) high
Executed in 1873.
Ino and Bacchus
signed and inscribed 'C.B. Ives./Fecit.Romae' (along the base)
marble
53½ in. (135.9 cm.) high
Executed in 1873.
Provenance
Philip Kearney, New York.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, William & Everett, April 1875.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876, no. 504 (as Nursing the Infant Bacchus).
New York, Reichard Gallery, October-November 1879.
Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Exposition, 1883 (as Venus and Cupid).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Centennial Exhibition, 1876, no. 504 (as Nursing the Infant Bacchus).
New York, Reichard Gallery, October-November 1879.
Louisville, Kentucky, Southern Exposition, 1883 (as Venus and Cupid).