Lot 8
  • 8

Bacchante aux cymbales Italie, XVIe siècle

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Bacchante aux cymbales
  • bronze à patine brune en partie doré ; socle circulaire en porphyre rouge
  • Haut. 21 cm
  • Height. 8 in
drapée d'une double tunique à l'antique, aux plis fluides, dans un beau geste tournoyant, elle esquisse un pas de danse, les mains tenant une paire de crotales ou cymbales ; (accident à la jambe)

Condition

Good condition overall. A restored break to her left foot. The gilding may have been added later. Very attractive piece.
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Catalogue Note

Compagnes de Bacchus, dieu de la vigne et du vin, les Bacchantes sont traditionnellement représentées dans le cadre des fêtes mystiques dionysiaques, appelées Bacchanales. Celles joueuses de crotales apparaissent également dans les processions en l'honneur de Cybèle, déesse de la nature et de la fertilité. Cette statuette rappelle par sa conception et par son thème les petits bronzes - le plus souvent dorés -, de Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi dit l'Antico (vers 1460-1528), sculpteur qui travailla à Mantoue pour Isabelle d'Este.