Flemish, 17th century

Sotheby's Palm Beach, 30 May 1980, lot 219

Stylistic comparison can be noted to four caryatids attributed to Cornelis II Floris, from the former Sacrament Tower of the Celestine Convent in Heverlee, Belgium, now in the M Leuven museum (inv.nos. B/VI/314, B/VI/244, B/VI/245, B/VI/246); the figures of St Mark and St Matthew are depicted with small accompanying figures, alike the present sculpture which is accompanied by a figure of a Faun to his left side.

The present alabaster Bacchus was sold in Sotheby's Palm Beach, 30 May 1980, lot 219 together with an alabaster figure of an old man with a putto, and described as an allegories of Autumn and Winter.

RELATED LITERATURE

M. Debaene, Alabaster Sculpture in Europe 1300-1650, exh. cat. M. Leuven, London and Turnhout, 2022, pp.240-244