WORKSHOP OF LORENZO BARTOLINI (1777-1850), ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY | DIRCE, OR BACCHANTE

This beautiful marble is carved after one of Lorenzo Bartolini's most successful models, the Dirce or Bacchante (circa 1834) which is now in the musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. no. RF 3605). The reduced scale of the present marble adds a precious quality, and the carving is particularly fine in the hair. The quality is very fine and is worthy of the Bartolini workshop.

RELATED LITERATURE

F. Falletti, S. Bietoletti and A. Caputo (eds.), Lorenzo Bartolini: Beauty and Truth in Marble, exh. cat. Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, 2011, pp. 343-344, no. 65