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Bacchus et Silène

Bacchus and Silenus

Louis Alvarez
17th century

Description

Two marble statues. Bought at Alvarez c. 1689.

Chantilly - Bacchus et Silène
Bacchus
or Dionysus, god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine (Wikipedia).

Silène / Silenus
companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus (Wikipedia).

Information Sign

BACCHUS
D'après l'antique XVII^e

SILENE
D'après l'antique XVII^e

Sculptor

Louis Alvarez, late 17th century marble merchant (not a sculptor), who specialized in copies of antique sculptures he had made in Rome (Geneviève Bresc-Bautier, L'importation du marbre de Carrare à la cour de Louis XIV, Bulletin du Centre de recherche du chàteau de Versailles 2003 - on-line).

Sources & Information

Joconde, Portail des collections des musées de France, Accueil.
Françoise Marengo, Château de Chantilly, les statues du parc. Bulletin Groupe d'étude des monuments et oeuvres d'art du Beauvaisis 140, 2009 (not available for me).

Locatie (N 49°11'48" - E 2°29'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frpi102; Photograph: 16 October 2017
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