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‘By 1496 [Michelangelo]* was in Rome, where he carved a “Bacchus”, now in the Bargello, Florence. Michelangelo captures the antique treatment of the young male figure by the soft modulation of contours. The figure seems to be slightly off-balance, and the parted lips and hazy eyes suggest that he is under the influence of wine. The little faun also joins in the Bacchic revel by slyly stealing some grapes. In his first major sculptural work the 21-year-old artist succeeded in capturing the spirit of the antique as no artist before him had done.’

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** – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:] 95-96

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