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The sculpture depicts a nude male figure standing with one arm raised, holding a goblet, and holding a cluster of grapes in the other hand. Behind him is a seated child figure. The sculpture is made of light-colored marble and shows skilled artistry in its creation.
National Gallery of Art · Sculpture
Bacchus and a Faun
French 19th Century after Jacopo Sansovino
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- overall: 170.4 x 56 x 66.4 cm (67 1/16 x 22 1/16 x 26 1/8 in.)
- Classification
- Sculpture · Statue
- Accession number
- 1952.5.95
- Credit line
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
- Time span
- 1776 to 1800
- Department
- CSD
Subjects and terms
- French
- carved
- classical
- mythology
- French Sculpture of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
- Bacchus
- Faun
Provenance
Choiseul-Praslin family, Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte. Maurice Kann [1839-1906], Paris; purchased 1908 with the entire Kann collection by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London, New York, and Paris). (Wildenstein and Co., New York); sold June 1949 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[1] gift 1952 to NGA. [1] The two previous collections are given on the Wildenstein invoice, dated 23 June 1949 (copy in NGA curatorial files). The invoice, for a total of 16 items, lists the sculpture as one of a pair by "Claude Michel (Clodion)."
NGA object ID 41710. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.