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Title
Bacchus
and
Silenus
,
front
view
.
Date
2nd century
Cultural Context
Ancient Roman
Italian
European
Western European
Style/Period
Roman (ancient Italian style)
Imperial (Roman)
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Statues
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Three-quarter views
Oblique views
Men (male humans)
Gods
Mythology (literary genre)
Myths (literary documents)
Legends (folk tales)
Folk tales
Folklore
Nudes (representations)
Nudity
Phallic
Costume (mode of fashion)
Crowns (headdresses)
Headdresses
Headgear
Wreaths (costume accessories)
Vines
Hide
Bowls (vessels)
Vessels (containers)
Containers (receptacles)
Fruit
Food
Gesture
Symbolism (artistic concept)
Symbols
Subject
Sculpture
Men
Gods
People associated with religion
Myths
Legends
Supernatural beings
Fictitious characters
Nudes
Clothing & dress
Crowns
Headdresses
Headgear
Wreaths
Vines
Hides & skins
Beards
Genitals
Bowls (Tableware)
Containers
Grapes
Fruit
Food
Lifting & carrying
Gestures
Symbols
Description
"This
statue
combines
two
antique
fragments
:
Bacchus's
torso
and
Silenus's
torso
and
head
,
along
with
sixteenth-century
additions
including
Bacchus's
head
,
arms
, and
legs
, and
Silenus's
arms
and
legs
. The
restoration
is
probably
the
work
of the
Della
Porta
family
.
[…]
Here, the
restorer
transformed
the
sinuous
body
of
Apollo
into
Bacchus
by
adding
a
head
crowned
with
vines
, and
two
arms
-
one
holding
a
bowl
of
grapes
and the
other
raised
and
holding
a
bunch
of
grapes
. This
figure
is
a
smaller
copy
of the
Apollo
Sauroctonus
-
the
lizard
slayer
, a
statue
by
fourth-century
B.C
.
Greek
sculptor
Praxiteles
,
known
through
many
full-scale
Roman
replicas
(in
the
Vatican
and
Louvre)
but also
through
several
statuettes
.
[…]
Next
to
Bacchus
stands
old
potbellied
Silenus
or
Papposilenus
, an
animal
hide
under
his
left
arm
and
attached
to his
right
shoulder
. In
keeping
with a
tradition
well
known
in
Roman
art
, the
thick
hair
covering
Silenus's
torso
signifies
the
character's
bestiality
.
[…]
The
association
of the
two
figures
is
far
from
groundless
. The
subject
of a
drunken
Bacchus
being
held
up
by
Silenus
existed
in
Greek
and
Roman
art
[…].
"
(Excerpt
from
catalogue
entry
by
Jean-Luc
Martinez
,
p
.
151)
.
Discovered
in
Italy
(?)
.
Purchased
in
1807
,
formerly
in the
Borghese
collection
and the
Della
Porta
collection
(MA
489-INV
.
MR
115)
.
Restorer
:
P
.
Klein
,
2006
.
People Pictured
Bacchus (Greek deity)
Silenus (Greek mythology)
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
H: 35 in (89 cm)
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Repository
Musee du Louvre (Paris, France)
Source
Giroire, Cecile, and Daniel Roger. Roman Art from the Louvre. New York: American Federation of Arts in assoc. with Hudson Hills Press, 2007. (p.151, cat.82).
Rights
Photographs of the works in the exhibition reproduced in Giroire courtesy: Copyright © 2007 Musee du Louvre and the American Federation of Arts/Anne Chauvet, Daniel Lebee, and Carine De Ambrosis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
762-19.jpg
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