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| Keywords: Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Bacchus.jpg en Watercolour and gouache over lithographic line on laid paper Inscribed J B A del / Impri Lithoue de C Motte rue des Marais No 13 Fb St Gn Numbered 24 Dimensions 67 4cm by 50 8cm To be executed in gilt bronze and black marble; silvered metal dial; black marble platform The god standing full face with his legs crossed below the knee leans against an altar while holding the thyrsus by his side and a bunch of grapes aloft a ewer to one side The altar is topped by a wine cup and fronted by a crouching figure of Bacchus proffering a wine cup having filled it from the amphora in his other hand Bacchic imagery was commonly used for dining room clocks because of the association of the god of wine with feasting and merry-making http //watercolours-drawings com/details asp subGalID 5 index 15 Author between 1815 1820 PD-Art French Empire style mantel clock Sketches | ||||
