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Lot Essay
Comparative literature:
J. Chiurazzi & Fils - Fournisseurs de Cours et Musées, E1900, no. 63, pl. 63.
S. Cassani, The National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Naples, 1996, no. 297.
The present lot is a handsome bust of Bacchus, the ancient god of wine and revelry, which is a later cast of a Roman 1st century BC bust, itself a copy of a Greek original. It was discovered in the Villa of the Pisones, Naples, which was initially excavated between 1750 and 1761 revealing a number of exceptional bronzes and marble.
Casts of this bust were being produced in the 18th and 19th centuries especially in the Chiurazzi workshops, Naples. A version of the bust is illustrated but incorrectly identified in their catalogue as Platon (op. cit., no. 63).
J. Chiurazzi & Fils - Fournisseurs de Cours et Musées, E1900, no. 63, pl. 63.
S. Cassani, The National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Naples, 1996, no. 297.
The present lot is a handsome bust of Bacchus, the ancient god of wine and revelry, which is a later cast of a Roman 1st century BC bust, itself a copy of a Greek original. It was discovered in the Villa of the Pisones, Naples, which was initially excavated between 1750 and 1761 revealing a number of exceptional bronzes and marble.
Casts of this bust were being produced in the 18th and 19th centuries especially in the Chiurazzi workshops, Naples. A version of the bust is illustrated but incorrectly identified in their catalogue as Platon (op. cit., no. 63).