Figure of a Bacchante

Joseph Gott (1785-1860) 'A Hindu Woman Placing a Lamp on the Ganges’ Terracotta Measures: 13.5in. (34cm) high This terracotta figure is a finishe...

A FINE REGENCY BRONZED PLASTER FIGURE OF A VESTAL BEARING A LAMP BY THOMAS HOPPER, CIRCA 1807. Signed H. HOPPER LONDON JULY 6 1807. With its original bronze lamp fitting and fine b...

IN THE MANNER OF GIROLAMO CAMPAGNA (VERONA 1550- VENICE 1625), 19TH CENTURY. A PAIR OF FIGURES OF VENUS AND ADONIS Bronze, on ebonised pearwood bases Venus: 20.5in. (52cm) high, ...

A rare bronze bust of Charles I attributed to John Cheere (1709-1787). Original patination and socle.

Art Deco bronze sculpture by L. Dolapehier on a dark green marble base.

A patinated bronze allegorical statue of a nude bacchante, the roman goddess of wine, in the manner of Clodion with right hand raised and holding a bunch of grapes, while the other r...

A large bronze bust showing a beautiful young woman depicted as a Bacchante, the Greek Goddess of Wine, her head festooned with grape branches. The bust is supported by an integral bronze plinth that at the back is inscribed with the name of the sculptor, J. Clesinger Rome 1857 dating the bronze to the time when the sculptor was 33 years old. The sculptor whose full name was Jean Auguste Baptiste Clesinger was born in 1813 in Besancon in Southern France. His father, Georges-Philippe, was a sculptor and trained Auguste in art. Auguste first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1843 with a bust of Vicomte Jules de Vaidahon. At the 1847 Salon, he created a sensation with his Woman bitten by a serpent, produced from life-casts from his model Apollonie Sabartier who was a notorious Parisian and the mistress of many perhaps even of Clesinger himself. Later he also produced this bust of her as Bacchante. In private life, the sculptor was awarded one of France’s highest honour, the knight’s cross...

This statue featuring a Bacchante is crafted of patinated bronze. In Roman mythology, Bacchae, or Bacchantes, were the female followers of Bacchus. They were often depicted in the co...