Capital with Infant Bacchanale
SculptureItalian19th-20th century

Capital with Infant Bacchanale

c. 1900

Artists

A. PetrilliArtist
Unidentified ArtistPrevious attribution

Description

Bronze plaque on alabaster mount.

Classification
Sculpture
Medium
Bronze and alabaster
Culture
Italian
Century
19th-20th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

22.2 x 27.9 x 13.4 cm (8 3/4 x 11 x 5 1/4 in.) relief: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Erich Rosengarten, Newton Centre, MA, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

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