19 July 2006 – 22 July 2007

A work of art in focus - Bacchus of Michael Rysbrack (1693-1770)

Continuing the previous Works of Art in Focus, which aim to focus the public’s attention on a single work or a small group of works that are normally kept in the storeroom, this high quality sculpture of Bacchus will be in long-term exhibition as from 18 July. Exhibited as part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the sculpture in question was executed in 1751 by Michael Rysbrack, a Flemish artist who worked in London and achieved great success during the first half of the eighteenth century.

This sculpture, which is hard to integrate fully into the discourse of the Gulbenkian Museum’s permanent exhibition and has consequently been kept in the storeroom, is a valuable complement to the exhibition Calouste S. Gulbenkian (1869-1955): The Collector and His Taste, which is open as from the same date in the Temporary Exhibitions Gallery on Floor 0 of the Foundation.

Address

Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
Av. de Berna, 45A
1067-001 Lisboa
phone +35 1 217 82 34 69
http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt

Opening Hours

Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5.45 p.m., closed on Monday and on the following holidays:
January 1, Easter Sunday, May 1,
and December 25

Description of the Museum

The permanent exhibition galleries are distributed in chronological and geographical order to create two independent circuits within the overall tour.
The first circuit highlights Oriental and Classical Art on display in the Egyptian, Greco-Roman, Mesopotamian, Eastern Islamic, Armenian and Far Eastern Art. The second covers European Art with sections dedicated to the Art of the Book, Sculpture, Painting and the Decorative Arts particularly 18th century French art and the work of René Lalique.
In this circuit a wide-ranging number of pieces reflect various European artistic trends from the beginning of the 11th century to the mid-20th century.
The section begins with work in ivory and illuminated manuscript books, followed by a selection of 15th, 16th and 17th century sculptures and paintings. Renaissance art produced in Flanders, France and Italy is on display in the next room. French 18th century decorative arts have a special place in the museum with outstanding gold and silver objects and furniture, as well as paintings and sculptures. These decorative arts are followed by galleries exhibiting a group of paintings by the Venetian Francesco Guardi, 18th and 19th century English paintings, and finally a superb collection of jewels and glass by René Lalique, displayed in its own room.

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