Narcissus, or Dionysus
De Angelis and Son (Naples 1840 - 1915)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1887 - 1900
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
615 x 300 mm; 233 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 850842
Summary
Bronze sculpture on bronze base, Narcissus, or Dionysus by Sabatino de Angelis (b.1838) after the Antique. On base of bronze 'Sabotius + fils, Naples 1900'. The original which was discovered in 1862 in Pompeii is now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. Acquired by the National Trust in 1956 under the auspices of the National Land Fund, later the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Makers and roles
De Angelis and Son (Naples 1840 - 1915), founder Sabatino de Angelis (b.1838) , sculptor
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 64, fig. 141