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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1288
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Silenus Holding the Infant Bacchus
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
19th century
Culture
Italian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229930

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brass with colored patina
Dimensions
23.7 x 11 x 10 cm (9 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)
with base: 34.5 x 11 x 10 cm (13 9/16 x 4 5/16 x 3 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1288
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Caroline Houser, Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient Through Modern, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1979), no. 67, p. 89

Exhibition History

  • Dionysos and His Circle: Ancient through Modern, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/10/1979 - 02/10/1980

Verification Level

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