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Bacchante et petit faune

Founder Cast by Thiébaut frères French
1893–94, cast 1894
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 700
Cette œuvre résume l’exubérance du style académique français qui domina le monde de la sculpture vers la fin du XIXe siècle aux États-Unis. Une bacchante (femme dévouée sans retenue au culte de Bacchus, dieu du vin), brandit d’une main une grappe de raisin et tient un bébé en équilibre sur son bras gauche. L’énergie du mouvement en spirale et la richesse des textures produisent un effet jubilatoire. MacMonnies offrit le bronze à l’architecte Charles McKim, qui l’installa dans la cour de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Boston, dont sa firme avait dessiné les plans. Le public s’étant plaint de cette « ébriété indécente », McKim céda la sculpture au Metropolitan Museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Bacchante et petit faune
  • Artiste: Frederick William MacMonnies, Américain, 1863–1937
  • Date: 1893–1894 ; moulage : 1894
  • Technique: Bronze
  • Dimensions: 213,4 x 75,6 x 80 cm
  • Crédits: Don de Charles F. McKim, 1897
  • Accession Number: 97.19
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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