GÉRÔME, Jean-Léon

Vesoul, Haute-Saône 1824 - Paris 1904

Anacréon avec Bacchus et l'Amour

Anacraeon with Bacchus and Amor

c. 1878-1881

bronze

group

Dimensions (HxWxD): 35 ¹⁄₂ x 15 x 16 in.

Acc. No.: 529-9-1265

Credit Line: Acquired by William Randolph Hearst

Photo credit: Courtesy Hearst Castle®/California State Parks

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

San Simeon, California, Hearst Castle

www.hearstcastle.org

Provenance

• 1936, acquired by William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951) at the American Art Association Perry Belmont sale

Bibliography

• 2000 Kastner
  Victoria Kastner, Hearst Castle. The Biography of a Country House, Principal photography by Victoria Garagliano, Foreword by George Plimpton, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 2000, p. 184

Comment

• 2000 Kastner, p. 184:
  The Greek poet carries both the young Bacchus, the god of wine, and Amor, the god of love, who embraces him. Gérôme created a painting, a full-size marble sculpture, and several signed bronzes on this theme.

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