"Jean Joseph Perraud, Child Of Bacchus (1859)"
PERRAUD, Jean-Joseph (1819-1876) Pan and Child of Bacchus. Important bronze group with a nuanced brown patina, representing Silenus, a mythological figure in Bacchus's retinue, carrying the young Bacchus on his shoulder, holding the thyrsus. The dynamic composition is distinguished by the anatomical power of Silenus, rendered with expressive naturalism through the contrast with the youthful grace of the child. The circular base features a naturalistic decoration and a satyr mask, an explicit reference to Dionysian iconography.
Signed and dated PERRAUD, 1859.
Foundry mark: NORMANT.F.
Height: 84 cm
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