Bacchus Seated Pedestal Meleager was the legendary prince

Meleager was the legendary prince of Calydon and leader of the famous Calydonian Boar Hunt

57h x 19w x 19d cm

from the Royal collection

who adored a veiled Christ carved by Giuseppe Sanmartino in 1753 and declared that he would have given up 10 years of his life to create such a masterpiece

he is perhaps better known today for the satiric realism of Don Juan (1819–24)

Bacchus Seated Pedestal Meleager was the legendary princeSeated Bacchus Statue, after the antique by Erik Gustaf Gthe (26 July 1779 29 November 1838) was a Swedish sculptor. This full figure marble statue of Bacchus, the wine god, highlights Erik Gustaf Gthe's talent in neoclassical sculptural style. After completing training at the Academy of Arts in 1803 he traveled to Italy and studied under Antonio Canova. He completed Seated Bacchus for the outside of Rosendal Palace in Stockholm. A beautiful