Bacchus

1625-1675 (Baroque)

9 cm 31.5 cm 8.5 cm

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The Roman god of wine is typically depicted as a cheerfully tipsy youth who lived an idle life. Here, the unidentified sculptor subtly conveys these qualities through the god's swaying posture, making a virtue of the natural curve of the tusk. Bacchus's youthful but lax muscle...

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Josephus Jitta, Amsterdam [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; W. S. L. Schuster, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sale, Christie's, London, November 24, 1911, lot 75; George Robinson Harding, London [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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