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Bacchante and Infant Faun

Frederick Williams MacMonnies (American, 1863–1937)
Modeled in 1893; cast 1901
Object Place: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Bronze, black over green patina, lost wax cast
Dimensions Overall: 215.9 x 63.5 x 81.3 cm, 589.7 kg (85 x 25 x 32 in., 1300 lb.)
Credit Line Bequest of Mrs. Harriet J. Bradbury
Accession Number30.521
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture

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.