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Bust of a Bacchante
(18th and 19th Centuries )
The laughing bacchante turns her head to the left. She wears grape leaves in her hair, which is coiled in back and falls in tresses over her shoulders. When acquired, the edge of the base of the ivory was encircled by a silver band, now lost.
Stylistically, the Walters bust recalls the spirited bacchanges of the 18th-century sculptor Claude-Michel Clodion. Moreau-Vauthier exhibited an ivory bust of a bacchante at the Paris Salon of 1891 (no. 2771); a marble version was shown in 1893 (no. 3218); and a second ivory rendition was shown at the Exposition de l'Ivoire, Musée Galliera, Paris, June-October 1903.
It is signed on the right shoulder: A. MOREAU-VAUTHIER.
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Provenance
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Paris, 1891 [Probably exhibited at the Paris Salon, 1891, no. 2771] (?); Tiffany & Company, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, in or before 1908; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/11/1962 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 7 13/16 in. (19.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, in or before 1908.
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
71.426