Bacchante with a Goat, 1796, cast 1798

Not on View

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

height with base: 41.4 cm (16 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gaines, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1989.92.1

Artists / Makers

Philippe-Laurent Roland (artist) French, 1746 - 1816

Image Use

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Inscription

on rear of base: Roland Sculp / Cisele par L Jeannest

Provenance

Possibly shown at the 1798 Paris Salon. (sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 10 June 1981, no. 79); Brooks Beaulieu, Northampton, MA; Mr. and Mrs. John Gaines; gift 1989 to NGA.[1]

[1]Provenance according to Art for the Nation : Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, exh. cat., Washington, 1991

Associated Names

Beaulieu, Brooks
Drouot, Hôtel
Gaines, John R., Mr.

Exhibition History

1991: Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, unnumbered catalogue, color repro.

Bibliography

1992: Draper, James David. "Philippe-Laurent Roland in the Metropolitan Museum of Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal 27 (1992): 143 fig. 21, 144, 147 n. 55.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 209, repro.

2003: Draper, James David, and Guilhem Scherf. L'esprit créateur de Pigalle à Canova: Terres cuites européennes 1740-1840. Exh. cat. Musée di Louvre, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. Paris, 2003: 201-202.