Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Sculpture a fine quality antique Art

a fine quality antique Art Nouveau bronze

5" wide X 2" deep (framed)

condition is good and the table has a warm mellow patinated finish and has just undergone a thorough polish with traditional beeswax in our workshops

circa 1950

forested river landscape

Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Sculpture a fine quality antique ArtSOLD A fine antique bronze figural group of Bacchantes by Claude Michel (Clodion) ( 1738 1814). The bronze depicts a pair of bacchantes, the female followers of Bacchus the Roman god of wine and revelry (Dionysus was the Greek god). Both female figures are draped in Greco Roman dress and wearing sandals, one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine, the other is kneeling next to a wine amphora with grapes. This bronze was first cast in