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Bacchante

1863
(French, 1814–1883)
France, 19th century
marble
Overall: 88 x 44.5 x 37.5 cm (34 5/8 x 17 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.)
The Thomas L. Fawick Memorial Collection 1979.38
Location: 218 European Sculpture
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The French sculptor Auguste Clésinger spent much of his life in Rome, where this bust was created in 1863. He is particularly noted for the creation of sensual subjects in marble, such as this obviously inebriated Bacchante, a female companion of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine.
Bacchante

Bacchante

1863

Jean-Baptiste Clésinger

(French, 1814–1883)
France, 19th century

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