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Bacchanal, 1905

  • bronze
  • Inv. 1911-BW

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Dutch sculptor and medallist Frederik Jeltsema depicted a dancing woman with loose, blowing hair on this bronze plaque. She is surrounded by a musician with violin and a man holding a bunch of grapes in his hand and hunting game over his shoulder.

Artist

Frederik Jeltsema RKD
Uithuizen 1879 - The Hague 1971
medalistsAAT

Title Bacchanal
Date 1905
Period 20th century
Signatures, inscriptions, and markings signature and year at the front, left: F E Jeltsema 1905
Collection medals AAT
Inventory number 1911-BW
Acquisition credit gift
Société Gantoise des Amis de la Médaille
Ghent
1911
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IIIF Manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7753/manifest.json
Art & Architecture Thesaurus 300189808 figures (representations) AAT
300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT
Keywords Iconclass 41C52 carousal, drinking-bout, orgy Iconclass
43C9 dancing Iconclass
48C7 music Iconclass
48C7311 violin, fiddle Iconclass
48C7313 viol, rebec (violin-like instruments) Iconclass
48C75 making music; musician with instrument Iconclass
48C8422 female dancer Iconclass
92 gods ~ classical mythology Iconclass
92L1 (story of) Bacchus (Dionysus), Liber Iconclass
92L1911 maenad(s), female bacchant(es) Iconclass
92L1912 male bacchant(es) Iconclass
Algemeene Wereldtentoonstelling te Gent in 1913 (Paleis der Schoone Kunsten, 1 mei - 1 november 1913) : Groep II. Schoone Kunsten ; Klasse 9b ; Gesneden Penningen (Salon van de medailles) / Victor Tourneur. - Brussel : Drukkerij (Oud Huis We Monnom), 1913 (p. 162, lijst 308, nr. 13)
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