Bacchus Consoling Ariadne

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

modeled c. 1892 (cast 1903/07)

Aimé-Jules Dalou
French, 1838–1902

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Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Aimé-Jules Dalou
Title: Bacchus Consoling Ariadne
Place: France (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Modeled 1887–1897
Medium: Bronze
Inscriptions: Signed: "Dalou" Foundry stamp: "cire perdu Hebrard"
Dimensions: H.: 17.8 cm (7 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Arma Wyler
Reference Number: 1983.26
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Henriette Caillaux, Aimé-Jules Dalou, 1838-1902 (Paris, 1935), p. 141.
Mallett, Ltd., Sculptures by Jules Dalou (1964), p. 19, no. 40.
Mallett, Ltd., and Galerie Heim, Jules Dalou (1965), p. 18, no. 28.
Paris, Ader Picard Tajan, Importants tableaux modernes et contemporains (25 June 1987), p. 40, no. 54.
Michael Forrest, Art Bronzes (West Chester, PA, 1988), p. 129, no. 2.293.
Ian Wardropper, “Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago,” Apollo 154, 475 (September 2001), p. 11.

Williamstown, MA, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, “The Subject in Late 19th Century Sculpture: The Work of Jules Dalou,” 30 May - 7 September 1998.

Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York, by 1982 [according to invoices and copies of shipping receipts in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute, 1983.

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