Bacchus

The marble represents the reclining figure of the drunken Bacchus, the god of wine, with a satyr child. Bacchus's identifying attributes include the wreath of vine-leaves and grapes around his head, the goat skin over his shoulder and the bowl of grapes. At the back is the signature of Antonio Tarsia, who was one of the most active Venetian sculptors at the beginning of the 18th century. This group and its companion figure of Thetis came from a fountain: other pieces possibly from the same complex survive at Harlaxton Manor (near Grantham, Lincolnshire), including a Putto in a red marble shell, also signed by Tarsia.