Capital with Infant Bacchanale | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1972.338
People: A. Petrilli, Italian, Florentine (active mid-19th century)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
Title: Capital with Infant Bacchanale
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, relief
Date: c. 1900
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/227495

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze and alabaster

Dimensions

22.2 x 27.9 x 13.4 cm (8 3/4 x 11 x 5 1/4 in.)
relief: 17.2 cm (6 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: black ink, on back of marble: Prof. A. M. Petrilli Firenze
inscription: above figures, cast in: EN OIN[omega]I XAPMA [in wine, delight]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Erich Rosengarten, Newton Centre, MA, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Erich Rosengarten
Accession Year: 1972
Object Number: 1972.338
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Bronze plaque on alabaster mount.

Verification Level

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