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Silène avec l'enfant Bacchus. Vatican (Main View)
James Anderson
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
Photograph of a statue of Silenus with the infant Dionysus or Bacchus. The statue depicts Silenus as a nude, older male figure cradling the infant Dionysus or Bacchus in his arms. His elbow rests on a support that is carved with grapes and vines.
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- Title: Silène avec l'enfant Bacchus. Vatican (Main View)
- Creator: James Anderson
- Date Created: 1859
- Location Created: Holy See
- Physical Dimensions: 23.6 × 13.9 cm (9 5/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Type: Print
- External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
- Medium: Albumen silver print
- Terms of Use: Open Content
- Number: 84.XO.251.3.74
- Culture: British
- Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
- Creator Display Name: James Anderson (British, 1813 - 1877)
- Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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