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This relief shows a frieze of nine putti and one infant satyr playing with two goats; two of the putti are winged. Their windswept hair and plump bodies are typical of the work of Gérard van Opstal, and although this piece is unsigned, it is so close to the documented reliefs by him in the Louvre, two of which are signed, that it must be ascribed to him, and its quality suggests it is likely to be an autograph work.\r\n\nGérard van Opstal (ca. 1604 – 1668) was registered as apprentice to the Brussels artist Niklaas Diodone in 1621. He later collaborated with his father-in-law, the sculptor Hans van Mildert (ca. 1588-1638) in Antwerp. At the invitation of Cardinal Richelieu, in about 1642, van Opstal moved to Paris, where he produced archietectural carvings and where he worked under Sarazin on the decorations of the Louvre and the Tuileries, and later on the Hôtel Carnavalet. He specialised in low-relief friezes of mythological subjects, depicting tritons, nereids, and centaurs, for numerous palaces and hotels particuliers in and around Paris. In 1648 he helped found the Academie Royale. He was influenced by Peter Paul Rubens and Francois du Quesnoy.\r\n","physicalDescription":"The pierced relief represents a bacchanal of nine putti and one infant satyr playing with two goats; two of the putti are winged.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"van Opstal, Gérard","id":"A30547"},"association":{"text":"sculptors","id":"AAT25181"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"ivory","id":"AAT11857"}],"techniques":[{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Ivory on later wood backing","categories":[{"text":"Reliefs","id":"THES49035"},{"text":"Sculpture","id":"THES48896"},{"text":"Myths & Legends","id":"THES49005"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SCP","id":"THES48600"},"images":["2011FB2651","2017JY2338","2018KV2846"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES395445"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Relief","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"France","id":"x28849"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1640-1668","earliest":"1635-01-01","latest":"1668-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"13.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"64.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"1.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Bought for £110 5s. from Dr Hildburgh F.S.A. in 1933, using funds from the Murray bequest.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Relief, ivory, a Bacchanal of putti, by Gérard van Opstal, French, ca. 1640-1668","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<font -u>Victoria and Albert Museum, Review of the Principal Acquisitions During the Year 1930.</font> London, pp. 7, 8, fig. 1"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<font -u>Ivoires du Musée du Louvre 1480-1850.</font> Paris, 2005, p. 106"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Cf. 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