The Dwarf Morgante as Bacchus

Giambologna

probably 17th–18th century · Bronze, on later marble base · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The model on which this piece is based has been attributed to Giovanni Bologna and dated ca. 1580 by analogy with the fountain group Morgante on the Dragon, now Museo Nazionale, Florence. Morgante (ca. 1535–after 1594) was the favorite dwarf of the Medici court.

Artist

Giambologna

Date

probably 17th–18th century

Medium

Bronze, on later marble base

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964