Versailles, Coin de Parc
1904
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Dimensions
- 21.4 × 17.6 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-389571
This statue of a grinning Bacchus, the Roman god of wine, looms over a corner of the park at Versailles, squeezing grapes into a bowl as if beseeching visitors to celebrate and make merry. The weathered facade of the statue, however, contrasts with Bacchus's role as a god who should be attended and worshipped; like the overturned chair and the scattered dead leaves, it emphasizes the abandonment of the park. Although a place of great festivities, the empty park appeared desolate and neglected when Eugène Atget photographed it.
Provenance
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
Registry history
- 1904 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs
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