A BRONZE GROUP OF SILENUS AND THE INFANT BACCHUS
A BRONZE GROUP OF SILENUS AND THE INFANT BACCHUS
A BRONZE GROUP OF SILENUS AND THE INFANT BACCHUS
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A BRONZE GROUP OF SILENUS AND THE INFANT BACCHUS

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, FRENCH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A BRONZE GROUP OF SILENUS AND THE INFANT BACCHUS
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, FRENCH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Silenus holding the infant Bacchus in his arms and leaning on a tree stump; on an integrally cast, naturalistic rectangular plinth and later rectangular marble pedestal
9 ¾ in. (24.8 cm.) high, the bronze; 13 ¼ in. (33.8 cm.) high, overall
Provenance
Alfons Heilbronner, Buenos Aires, 1970,
Acquired from the above by the Blaquier-Arrieta Family.
Literature
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Die Bronzeplastiken Statuetten, Reliefs, Geräte und Plaketten, Vienna, 1924, no. 241, pp. 140-143.
A. Venturi, Storia dell'Arte Italiana, Vol. X, Parte II, La Scultura del Cinquecento, Milan, 1936, pp. 403-406.
H. Weihrauch, Die Bildwerke in Bronze und in anderen Metallen: mit einem Anhang, Die Bronzebildwerke des Residenzmuseums, München, 1956, pp. 223-224, no. 281.
Exhibited
Small Sculptures from the Collection of Paul Magriel, Lyman Art Museum, New London, Connecticut, February-March 1969, No. 39.

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