# Bacchus

By [John Singer Sargent](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/artists/john-singer-sargent.md>), 1874-1880.

## Details

- Medium: pastel over graphite with metallic paint on wove paper mounted to paperboard
- Dimensions: overall (two sheets): 63.82 × 42.86 cm (25 1/8 × 16 7/8 in.) mount: 66.99 × 49.53 cm (26 3/8 × 19 1/2 in.)
- Collection: [National Gallery of Art](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/galleries/gallery-8dd66d7195da9018.md>)

[View collection record](<https://www.nga.gov/artworks/184328-bacchus>)

- Categories: Works on Paper
- Styles: [Impressionism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/impressionism.md>), [Realism](<https://art.jpamorgan.com/styles/realism.md>)

## Image

![A seated mythological figure appears within an arched decorative panel in muted red and gold.](<https://api.art.jpamorgan.com/artifacts/source-8dd66d7195da9018-71c64843640db9a9/full.jpg?v=eadc3397032d8ec78d6e74cab49f73a65d8b7e9450641fc3ea5fbc57f9e8d093>)

## Sources & credits

- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington. Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist, 1949), 2015.19.715. CC0 Open Access.
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of Miss Emily Sargent and Mrs. Francis Ormond, sisters of the artist, 1949)
- Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington

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