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Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid

A work made of bronze.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of bronze.

Date:

modeled 1878 (cast c. 1893)

Artist:

Jean Léon Gérôme
French, 1824–1904

About this artwork

In the early 19th century, industrial approaches to production created a new middle-class market for small-scale bronze statuettes, which were displayed in domestic interiors. This statuette is a reduced version of a larger-than-life composition depicting the ancient Greek poet Anacreon cradling Bacchus and Cupid. As the god of wine and pleasure, the infant Bacchus is wreathed in vine leaves and holds a bunch of grapes. Cupid, god of love, bears feathered wings and presses his cheek to the poet’s. French bronze foundry Barbedienne reproduced this popular work in five different sizes.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Jean Léon Gérôme

Title

Anacreon with the Infants Bacchus and Cupid

Place

France (Object made in)

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Modeled 1878

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

72.4 × 43.8 cm (28 1/2 × 17 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Gustave Leblanc Barbedienne

Reference Number

1893.287

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