Lot 20
20
After THE ANTIQUE (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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After THE ANTIQUE (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Silenus with the infant Bacchus

Details
After THE ANTIQUE (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Silenus with the infant Bacchus
The base inscribed BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR
Bronze, dark-brown patina
31 in. (79 cm.) high
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The marble original of the present group, now in the Louvre, was excavated shortly prior to 1569 and by 1613 was recorded as being in the Borghese collection. Like the bulk of the Borghese antiquities, the Silenus was acquired by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1808 and subsequently shipped to Paris.

Please see lot 102 for a note on Barbedienne.

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