FRENCH SCHOOL, (19th/20th Century) A BRONZE FIGURAL SCULPTURE, "Bacchanalian Maiden," the patinated bronze sculpture of a seductive young maiden wearing her long wavy hair gathered under a grape leaf and vine crown while gazing downwards and her figure modeled contrapposto with exposed breasts and torso with one arm holding aloft a flaming torch (now lacking) over plump hips sparingly draped with strap bound furs falling to the ground behind her, unsigned and raised on a stepped square form rouge griotte marble base. Height: 20 3/4" Width: 6 3/4" Depth: 6 3/4" Note: Purportedly, during nocturnal Bacchanalian festivals young women would dress as Bacchanites and run through the streets of Rome carrying flaming torches that would remain lit after repeatedly being plunged into the Tiber river.