Jean-Léon Gérôme Bacchante à la Grappe (Bacchante with Grapes)
Property of an Important West Coast Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Bacchante à la Grappe (Bacchante with Grapes)
signed JL. GEROME. inscribed G44 and stamped
with the Siot-Decauville foundry mark
gilt bronze
height 37 1/2 in.; 95.25cm.
Condition Report:
Standard surface abrasions and wear, including some scratches, in particular on the figure’s knee and right buttocks. Some rubbing, minor pitting and small casting flaws. Remains of polychromy on her legs and the base. There appears to be a lacquer that was applied to the surface and a small glued label on her upper left thigh.
Catalogue Note:
The Bacchante à la Grappe is believed to be based on a painted portrait of a bacchante that Gérôme made early in his career, circa 1853.
RELATED LITERATURE
Gerald Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérome, New York, 1986, p. 235, no. 231; p. 318, no. S.25.
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Property of an Important West Coast Collection
Jean-Léon Gérôme
1824 - 1904
Bacchante à la Grappe (Bacchante with Grapes)
signed JL. GEROME. inscribed G44 and stamped
with the Siot-Decauville foundry mark
gilt bronze
height 37 1/2 in.; 95.25cm.
Condition Report:
Standard surface abrasions and wear, including some scratches, in particular on the figure’s knee and right buttocks. Some rubbing, minor pitting and small casting flaws. Remains of polychromy on her legs and the base. There appears to be a lacquer that was applied to the surface and a small glued label on her upper left thigh.
Catalogue Note:
The Bacchante à la Grappe is believed to be based on a painted portrait of a bacchante that Gérôme made early in his career, circa 1853.
RELATED LITERATURE
Gerald Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérome, New York, 1986, p. 235, no. 231; p. 318, no. S.25.
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