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Bacchanalian Frieze

mid 17th century

Gerard van Opstal

Artist, Flemish, c. 1605 - 1668

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Artwork overview

Medium

ivory
Credit Line

Gift of Robert H. Smith/Robert H. Smith Collection
Dimensions

overall: 11.5 × 30 × 2.5 cm (4 1/2 × 11 13/16 × 1 in.)
Accession

2022.181.79

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

2015

Schmidt, Eike D., et al. Bronze, Boxwood, and Ivory in the Robert H. Smith Collection of Renaissance Sculpture. London, 2015: 2, 5, 62, 67-69, repro. no. 79, inside front cover.

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