Bacchus and a Nymph with a Child and Grapes
The relatively constricted movement of the figures suggests the canon of Directoire taste.
Artwork Details
- Title: Bacchus and a Nymph with a Child and Grapes
- Artist: Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1790–1800
- Culture: French, Paris
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: Height: 18 1/2 in. (47 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Object Number: 14.40.679
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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