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Bacchantes Embracing (Bacchantes s'enlaçant)

Artist: Auguste Rodin, French, 1840-1917
Cast By: Aage Fersing
Medium: Bronze
Place Made: France
Dates: possibly before 1896; cast after 1967
Dimensions: 15 3/8 x 14 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (39.1 x 36.8 x 24.4 cm) Base: 2 3/8 x 16 x 9 1/2 in. (6 x 40.6 x 24.1 cm)
Markings: Near signature: "CIRE PERDUE AF"
Signature: On rock behind figure with proper right knee up: "Rodin"
Inscriptions: Rock, side toward which upraised elbow points: "VII/XII"
Collections: European Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.77.2
Edition: VII/12
Credit Line: Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor
Image: Overall, 84.77.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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