Bacchus
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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37426
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object
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normalized
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provenance
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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CC0
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en
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1
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.355_Fnt_BW_H61.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.355_Fnt_BW_H61.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL9_71.355_Fnt_BW_H61.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/71.355 |
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ivory
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