Museum number
C857
Object
Naked Bacchus holding a cup, bronze, Italian, 16thC
Description
Bronze statuette of naked male figure of Bacchus standing on round base, left leg straight, right leg slightly bent, the right arm missing, left arm bent and left hand holding a cup, head turned slightly to the right, mounted on a nineteenth century circular green marble base (bottom section possibly missing?)
Materials
Bronze
Inscription
None
On display?
Yes

Further description

Simple name
Sculpture
Subject
Allegorical
Dimensions
9cm (d) x 9cm (w)
regular: 22.0cm (h)
Bacchus Italian Bronze, sixteenth century; marble base, nineteenth century C857

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