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Bacchante and a Child Satyr, Modeled after a relief (1833) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg, cast iron

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Bacchante and a Child Satyr

Modeled after a relief (1833) by Bertel Thorwaldsen, Ilsenburg

Second quarter of the 19th century

Titles Bacchante and a Child Satyr (Descriptive)
Artist Ilsenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany / Modeled after a relief (1833) by, Bertel Thorwaldsen, Danish, 1770 - 1844
Medium cast iron
Dimensions 1 7/16 x 2 1/16 in., 31.9g (3.6 x 5.2 cm)
Credit Line Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.446.10
Work Type plaque
Classification Sculpture

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