Gruppo del Sileno by Jean-Baptiste Boudard, 1766
Parco Ducale
Parma, May 2024
“To accentuate the bucolic effect, Petitot also modified the surrounding area, creating a slight slope towards the ‘Silenus Group’, a statuary group sculpted in 1765 by Jean-Baptiste Boudard, with fake bases and steps, inside a thick wood; he also designed a wooden canalization, now disappeared, which, in addition to allowing the filling of the internal basin, created the effect of a spring from which a stream flowed.” (Tempietto d'Arcadia, Wikipedia)
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