A roman marble torso of dionysus circa 1st century a d.
Marble torso of dionysus.
Torso of a standing nude dionysus of white grey marble with his typical panther fur thrown over his left shoulder and tied over his right hip.
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Course grained greek marble 128 3 x 38 7 x 34 9 cm 50 1 2 x 15 1 4 x 13 3 4 in overall.
Well known hellenistic sculptures of dionysian subjects surviving in roman copies include the barberini faun the belvedere torso the resting satyr.
24 16 9 1 8 in.
350 330 bce or a hellenistic copy of his original.
33 7 x 19 4 x 12 7 cm type.
A roman marble torso of dionysus ca.
Torso of dionysus 140 190 ad.
1st century ce rs1902 preserved from the base of the neck to the mid thigh is the surviving portion of what will have been a full sculpture of the youthful god of wine dionysus.
Hermes and the infant dionysus is probably a greek original in marble and the ludovisi dionysus group is probably a roman original of the second century ad.
In greek mythology a satyr greek.
σάτυρος sátyros pronounced also known as a silenos greek.
Arts of the ancient world.
The youthful athletic figure with softly defined musculature standing in contrapposto with his weight resting on his right leg the left arm raised a small strut supporting the elbow of the right lowered arm the hair falling on the shoulders in two flowing tendrils 51cm high.
Marble statue of dionysus.
Perhaps purchased from the borghese collection rome.
The lansdowne dionysos detail a d.
σειληνός seilēnós is a male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse as well as a permanent exaggerated erection early artistic representations sometimes include horse like legs but by the sixth century bc they were more often represented with human.
Torso of a youth.
13 1 4 x 7 5 8 x 5 in.
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A monumental marble torso of dionysos is on loan to the getty museum as a highlight of a special installation celebrating the ancient greek and roman marble and bronze sculptures from the santa barbara museum of art s collection.
Hermes carrying the infant dionysus hermes carrying the infant dionysus marble statue by praxiteles c.
In the archaeological museum olympia greece.
Entered isabella stewart gardner s collection as the borghese bacchus before about 1897.