Terracotta. Inscribed “A. Carrier.” Height 58 cm. Weight 10.69 kg.

Bacchus herma on a pedestal, on which a young, unclothed woman sits, offering a sacrificial bowl to the head of Bacchus; next to her sits a putto, who gazes with interest into a cup. Signs of age and wear, a few small chips.

If this is by Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse, then: French sculptor and draftsman (1824, Anizy-le-Château–1887, Sèvres); studied under Pierre Jean David d’Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris beginning in 1840; beginning in the 1850s, he created marble works, bronze sculptures, and terracotta busts; he was known as the “Clodion of the Second Empire” (Claude Michel Clodion, 1738–1814), In 1864, he became friends with the young sculptor Auguste Rodin; from 1875 to 1887, he served as artistic director and head of the studio at the Manufacture royale de porcelaine de Sèvres in Sèvres.

Provenance: Peter Kaus Museum Estate.

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