Bacchus Seated Pedestal from the Royal collection

from the Royal collection

A kind of parlour trick for late Baroque sculptors to show off their skills

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he is perhaps better known today for the satiric realism of Don Juan (1819–24)

Bacchus Seated Pedestal from the Royal collectionSeated Bacchus Statue, after the antique by Erik Gustaf Gthe (26 July 1779 29 November 1838) was a Swedish sculptor. This full figure marble statue of Bacchus, the wine god, highlights Erik Gustaf Gthe's talent in neoclassical sculptural style. After completing training at the Academy of Arts in 1803 he traveled to Italy and studied under Antonio Canova. He completed Seated Bacchus for the outside of Rosendal Palace in Stockholm. A beautiful