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19th Century French Ormolu Sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme
$15,800
£12,043.04
€13,890.38
CA$22,440.72
A$24,114.92
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MX$284,059
NOK 162,694.24
SEK 148,620.14
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A gorgeous 19th century French ormolu sculpture of a Baccante, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. This incredible sculpture is by Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824-1904), one of the most famous and inspirational Academic French artists of the 1800s, who started to cast and make object art, like sculptures, in the later years of his career.
This amazing sculpture is called 'Bacchante à L'Amour' or 'Bacchante à la Grappe'. The piece is made out of ormolu or doré bronze and demonstrates bacchante, who is a woman follower of Bacchus. Bacchus is the Greek G-D of parties and wine, otherwise known in Roman mythology as Dionysus. Bacchante is seen with her head against a thyrsos, a special staff created of a fennel plant. At the top is an acorn finial with vines around it. The thyrsos and Bacchus are symbolic of fertility, wealth, and a life-time of pleasures. At the mid section of the thyrsos is a beautiful ormolu putti climbing up while the Bacchante holds fruit, most probably grapes, above him.
The figure is mounted on a round base with Jean-Léon Gérôme's signiture, 'JL. Gérôme' as well as the number C575. The Parisian Foundry mark can also be found on the base from Siot-Decauville, Paris, the location where this figure was cast. The figure was made in 1892 in three size variations.
Paris, circa 1892
Literature: See Gerald M. Ackerman, The Life and Work of Jean-Léon Gérôme (1986), Fig. S.25, p. 318.
- Creator:Jean-Léon Gérôme (Metalworker)
- Dimensions:Height: 14.75 in (37.47 cm)Width: 4.25 in (10.8 cm)Depth: 3.25 in (8.26 cm)
- Style:Classical Greek (In the Style Of)
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- Date of Manufacture:1892
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use.
- Seller Location:New York, NY
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU919521474602
Jean-Léon Gérôme
One of the most prominent French Academic painters of the 19th century, Jean-Léon Gérôme is today credited with fashioning an entirely new artistic ideology. One of the originators of the Orientalist style, Gérôme was also a stalwart defender of Academic painting, which was waning under the rise of realism and Impressionism. Inspired by the year he spent in Rome with Paul Delaroche in 1834, he developed an insatiable appetite for traveling, and throughout his career, he traveled widely in Turkey, Egypt, and North Africa. His years exploring the Near East inspired his greatest Orientalist works, his Moorish and Turkish bath scenes.
A sculptor as well as a painter, Gérôme’s female figures have the same classical precision of Ingres but are executed with a more pronounced sensuality and realism. Enjoying great popularity and success during his lifetime, he was actively courted and patronized by private collectors and nobility. Today, the majority of Gérôme's works are held in major museums, with very few remaining in private hands.
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