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Bacchus

1554
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 534
This statue, the earliest signed and dated work by Poggini, is cited in an inventory of 1560 of the possessions of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bacchus
  • Artist: Domenico Poggini (Italian, Florence 1520–1590 Rome)
  • Date: 1554
  • Culture: Italian, Florence
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 54 × 21 × 18 in. (137.2 × 53.3 × 45.7 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.190.269
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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