Bust of a Bacchante

ca. 1891 H: 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm) Citation Source image

The laughing bacchante turns her head to the left. She wears grape leaves in her hair, which is coiled in back and falls in tresses over her shoulders. When acquired, the edge of the base of the ivory was encircled by a silver band, now lost.Stylistically, the Walters bust rec...

Sculpture

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Paris, 1891 [Probably exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1891, no. 2771] (?); Tiffany & Company, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, in or before 1908; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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