Bacchante with Grapes Carried by Two Bacchantes and a Bacchant
1800
Terracotta, height 64 cm (without base)
Private collection
This fine group, a scene from a bacchanal, celebrates Bacchus, the god of wine and fertility. It reveals Clodion's fundamental influences, the classical sculpture he studied in Rome and the work of his compatriot Poussin.
