my own and doing a figure for my own pleasure. I bought a piece of marble for five ducats, but it wasn't a good piece and the money was thrown away; then I bought another piece for another five ducats, and this I'm working for my own pleasure. So you must realize that I, too have expenses and troubles...1509...for twelve years now I have gone about all over Italy, leading a miserable life; I have borne every kind of humiliation, suffered every kind of hardship, worn myself to the bone... solely to help my family...1512I live meanly...with the greatest toil and a thousand worries. It has been about fifteen years since I have had a happy hour; I have done everything to help you, and you have never recognized it or believed it. God pardon us all. Replicas There are several replicas of the statue. In Mexico City, a replica installed along Avenida Álvaro Obregón, next to Parque España. Other versions The 1st Century bronze figure of Bacchus as a kid stands 40cm (15.7in) tall and was discovered in 1894 on the ruins of the Gallo-Roman settlement of Vertillum in eastern France. Later, it was included in a Paris exhibition of France's most fragile art objects. It had been stolen for nearly half a century before being returned to the French museum where it had been displayed. See also List of works by Michelangelo Notes References Bull, Malcolm (2005). The Mirror of the Gods: Classical Mythology in Renaissance Art. London: Penguin Hall, James (2005). Michelangelo and the Reinvention of the Human Body. London: Chatto & Windus Pope-Hennessy, John (1996). Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture. London: Phaidon. Catalogue volume, p. 9. Symonds, John Addington. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. Project Gutenberg External links Sculptures by Michelangelo Sculptures of Dionysus Sculptures of the Bargello 1497 sculptures Marble sculptures in Italy Nude sculptures in Italy Food and drink sculptures Fauns in popular culture