plaquette
- Museum number
- 1915,1216.122
- Description
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Plaquette; bronze; rectangular; Bacchus and Ariadne on chariot drawn by two winged females and driven by Cupid with whip; putto holding on to wheel; gnarled tree.
- Production date
- 15thC
- Dimensions
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Length: 4 centimetres
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Width: 3.30 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- After antique gem now at Naples; formerley belonging to Pope Paul II and Lorenzo de Medici.
For examples in other collections see: Molinier 1886, No. 8; Bange 1922, No. 88; Ricci 1931, ii, No. 26; Cott 1951, No. 142; Pope-Hennessy 1964, No. 248.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Worn
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Triumph of Bacchus
- Acquisition date
- 1915
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1915,1216.122