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
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| 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 |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1911-BW |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/7753/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300189808
figures (representations)
AAT
300417629 mythologies (religious concept) AAT |
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| 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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