Two Bacchantes adorning Pan
Figure Group
1784-1790 (made), 1770-1780 (modelled)
1784-1790 (made), 1770-1780 (modelled)
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Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchantes adorning Pan. On a high pedestal in front of a tree is a terminal figure of Pan. One of the Bachantes stands looking up at it with her right hand raised. The other is kneeling beside it is in the act of twining round it a garland of flowers. The group rests on a rocky base upon which are an ewer, a tambourine and a thyrsus.
Object details
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| Title | Two Bacchantes adorning Pan (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Biscuit porcelain |
| Brief description | Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchanantes adorning Pan, possibly modelled by Pierre Stephan 1770-1780, repaired by Joseph Hill, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, 1784-1790. |
| Physical description | Figure group in biscuit porcelain of two Bacchantes adorning Pan. On a high pedestal in front of a tree is a terminal figure of Pan. One of the Bachantes stands looking up at it with her right hand raised. The other is kneeling beside it is in the act of twining round it a garland of flowers. The group rests on a rocky base upon which are an ewer, a tambourine and a thyrsus. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | Modelling previously attributed to Jean-Jacques Spengler. Modelled after a design by Angelica Kauffmann, and engraved by F. Bartolozzi. |
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| Accession number | C.276-1935 |
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| Record created | August 14, 2008 |
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