Bidspirit auction | Claude Michel detto Clodion (Nancy,
Claude Michel detto Clodion (Nancy, 1738 - Parigi, 1814) - plaque rectangular bronze with dark brown patina; 200 x 155 mm. High relief plaque depicting a drunken Bacchus supported by a satyr and another undefined figure. The classical deity holds a bunch of grapes in his right hand and a jug from which he pours wine in his left. Very decorative subject of which there are replicas with the same theme, but composed in a slightly different way. Signature engraved lower left, ”Clodion”. 19th century casting.