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The Triumph of Bacchus
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Triumph of Bacchus

Description

Sauvage’s name was synonymous with trompe l’oeil (fool the eye) paintings that imitated low relief ancient sculpture and became hugely popular for Neoclassical room decoration. The present painting is meant to imitate bronze. Sauvage exhibited a slightly larger version of this subject at the Salon of 1781. Another version is also at The Met.

Dimensions

14 x 32 7/8 in. (35.6 x 83.5 cm)

Movement / Period

Classical Art

Accession No

4805f0e4-20b3-4e9b-98ff-10a6f3585cd6

Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Piat Joseph Sauvage

Classical Art • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries