Term in the Carlton Hobbs collection.
Term in the Borghese Collection. (Photo: Palacios, Arredi e Ornamenti, 2004.341.)
Borghese term, in situ.
The term, an ornament of classical architecture made popular in the Baroque and Rococo periods, is composed of a tapering pillar or pedestal that is headed by a bust of human, animal, or mythical form.
Our Bacchanalian term stands at just over 6 feet high. A bronze head festooned with a grape vine rests on square column of Sicilian jasper, carved to appear draped in fabric; the whole stands on a portero marble base.
An identical term of Bacchus, possibly by Luigi Valadier, 1773, exists in the magnificent Borghese Villa in Rome. Although executed in different marble to our piece, the extremely fine bronze elements appear to be from the same cast as the Carlton Hobbs term.
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