Also known as Bacchus and Pan. This double statuette is in the flamboyant Roman ‘baroque’ style. Bacchus the wine god is shown as a long haired beardless naked youth, crowned as usual with grapes and leaves. The faun, patron of forests, shepherds and flocks, holds a cornucopia and musical pipes. They are mounted on a base decorated with a relief of a sleeping woman, and with a small lion sitting beside them.
Although Bacchus and Pan or a faun are often paired in art, the origins and history of this sculpture are unknown
Number:
493
Material:
Marble
Location of Original:
Unknown
Size:
0.87m
References:
Reinach: Repertoire de la Statuaire Grècque et Romaine I, 388
Clarac: Musée de Sculpture (1841-53), atlas 4, pl. 693
Date:
Roman
Provenance:
Unknown
