Reusing Torsos from Antiquity

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by Henk Bekker

Bacchus and the Genius of Abundance

Two sculptures by French artists used torsos from antiquity to create new marble sculptures in Rome 1731: Lambert-Sigisbert Adam d. Ä. created a Bacchus, while Edme Bouchardon used a child for the Genius of Abundance (Genius des Überflusses).

In the Bode Museum in Berlin, Germany.