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ID number: BIRBI-48.4 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: attributed to Bertos, Francesco (1678-1641) Title / Object name: The drunken Silenus Object type: Sculpture Place made: Venice Culture: Italian Date made: Model and Cast: early 18th century Materials: Bronze Measurements: 24.7 x 22.5 cm Provenance: Purchased from A. Speto, May 1948, for £120 |
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This finely detailed bronze has only very recently been recognized as very probably the work of Francesco Bertos, who produced some of the most extraordinary, even eccentric, but virtuosic sculptures of the 18th century. It represents Silenus, the fat and drunken but wise follower of Bacchus, drinking wine from a bowl while slouched on his donkey, and supported by a companion faun. It is one of only two recorded casts of this model, although Bertos also made a related marble sculpture of the subject. Inscriptions / Translations: None Notes: An inferior variant is recorded in W. Bode, 'The Italian bronze statuettes of the Renaissance', III, 1912, p. 15. |
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