Bacchante and Infant Faun
Frederick Williams MacMonnies
(American, 1863–1937)
Modeled in 1893; cast 1901
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueBronze, black over green patina, lost wax cast
DimensionsOverall: 215.9 x 63.5 x 81.3 cm, 589.7 kg (85 x 25 x 32 in., 1300 lb.)
Credit LineBequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession number30.521
On View
On viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceCharles Tyson Yerkes (b. 1837 - d. 1905), New York; April 11-13, 1910, posthumous Yerkes sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 248, sold to George Robert White (b. 1847 - d. 1922), Boston [see note]; by inheritance from White to his sister, Harriet J. White (Mrs. Frederick T.) Bradbury (b. 1851 - d. 1930), Boston; 1930, bequest of Harriet J. Bradbury to the MFA. (Accession Date: July 3, 1930)
NOTE: White first lent this sculpture to the MFA in 1910.
NOTE: White first lent this sculpture to the MFA in 1910.
