Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Recently Added The carving depicts a putto

The carving depicts a putto holding a curtain and having one end draped over his shoulder

his current record at auction for a single work was in June 2018 at Guardian Auctions in China for almost $400

Siot-Decauville foundry was founded in Paris in 1881 & closed in 1926

Una dolce contemplazione) and in 1881 (Strada in Articoli) at this time he joined the Society of Water-colorists

Tacoma Art Museum

Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Recently Added The carving depicts a puttoSOLD A fine antique bronze figural group of Bacchantes by Claude Michel (Clodion) ( 1738 1814). The bronze depicts a pair of bacchantes, the female followers of Bacchus the Roman god of wine and revelry (Dionysus was the Greek god). Both female figures are draped in Greco Roman dress and wearing sandals, one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine, the other is kneeling next to a wine amphora with grapes. This bronze was first cast in