Bacchante Carrying a Child on Her Shoulders

Artist Joseph-Charles Marin French, 1759–1834

Datecirca 1780–1796

MediumTerracotta

Dimensionsheight, width, and depth: 20 1/2 × 9 × 9 in. (52.1 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Willy Heineberg Bequest in honor of Spencer Hanes, by exchange; and other donors, by exchange

Object number85.3

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ProvenanceCharles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, Duc de Morny (1811-1865); Arnold Seligman, Paris; Mrs. Henry Walters, Baltimore (Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, The Mrs. Henry Walters Art Collection, Vol. 1, April 23-26, 1941, lot 668, illus.); Private collection, New Jersey (Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, March 16-17, 1956, lot 279, illus.); Private collection, New York, Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY.

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