Bust of the Youthful Bacchus
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
175 AD - 200 AD
Materials
Marble
Measurements
275 x 425 x 245 mm
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486386
Summary
A late second century AD bust of the youthful Bacchus with head bent downwards and an effeminate face. Round the head is a wreath composed of ivy leaves and berries with bunches of grapes falling over the ears. The tablet and pedestal are ancient but do not belong.
Full description
A late second century AD bust of the youthful Bacchus with head bent downwards and an effeminate face. Round the head is a wreath composed of ivy leaves and berries with bunches of grapes falling over the ears. The tablet and pedestal are ancient but do not belong.
Provenance
Collected by Charles, 2nd Earl of Egremont thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72), arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by H.M. Treasury.
Marks and inscriptions
80 (painted on front of socle)