Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.

Study of 'Dionysus with Panther' and the head of 'Ganymede', after the Antique

Date: 20.4.1774

Medium: Pencil on laid paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 546 × 368 mm (21 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
Description:	The study shows the figure of Dionysus, carrying grapes, with a panther at his side, seen from two slightly different angles. It is similar, but not identical, to a Roman sculpture in The Uffizi (formerly at the Villa Medici). The study of a male head seen in profile, facing right, matches that of the sculpture of 'Ganymede and the Eagle', which is also in The Uffizi (formerly at the Villa Medici). Wright is likely to have been studying a cast of this sculpture at the French Academy, along with a cast of a sculpture of 'Dionysus with Panther'. Wright made two other studies of this subject on 18 April 1774 at the French Academy (see DBYMU 1914-517/29 and DBYMU 1914-517/45). [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on the recto, along the edge of the pedestal (handwritten in pencil): 'F - Academy April 20 - 74' and to top left (handwritten in ink): '200'.
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
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Item Ref:	1914-517/43