Infant Bacchanalians

after François Duquesnoy

National Gallery of Art

This rectangular relief sculpture depicts several cherubs engaged in various activities. The cherubs are shown in dynamic poses around a rectangular object, like a table or a bed. The cherubs are nude, with curly hair and rounded limbs. Some cherubs grapple with each other, while some lay on the ground and others eat from a cornucopia of fruit. The sculpture is made of dark brown material, with a greenish patina in some of the finer lines.