The Drunken Faun
The Drunken Faun
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Published 2019-12-10T15:43:05+00:00
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The Drunken Faun is possibly John Hogan's masterpiece. It was executed in Rome, in response to a challenge made by John Gibson RA (1790-1866), a fellow sculptor, that no new original pose was possible. In spite of being based somewhat on the Barberini Faun, Hogan's sculpture soundly disproves Gibson’s assertion.
John Hogan (1800-1858) was born in Tallow, County Waterford, Ireland. Encouraged to travel to Rome by the art critic and engraver William Paulet Carey (1759-1839), Hogan was later elected as one of the Virtuosi al Pantheon. Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) described him as 'the best sculptor I leave after me in Rome.'
| Date published | 10/12/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | The Drunken Faun |
| Date | 1826 |
| Dimension | 98.00 x 155.00 x 70.00 cm |
| Accession | CAG.668 |
| Period | Neoclassical |
| Medium | Plaster |
| Credit | Presented by W. H. Crawford Esq. |
| Record | https://de1.zetcom-group.de/MpWeb-mpCrawfordArtGallery/v?mode=online#!m/Object/624/form/ObjCatalogViewFrm |
| Artist | John Hogan |
| Place | Crawford Art Gallery |
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