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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Relief with Dancing Maenad
Alternate Title:
Rilievo raffigurante una Menade danzante
Image View:
Detail of billowing drapery and the knife clutched in her hand
Creator:
after Kallimachos (Greek (ancient) , active 2nd half of 5th century BCE)
Location:
repository: Musei Capitolini (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. MC1094
Location Note:
Piazza del Campidoglio, 1; Palazzo dei Conservatori, Halls of the Horti of Maecenas
GPS:
41.893056 12.4825
Date:
Roman copy, 27 BCE-14 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Classical; Greco-Roman
Work Type 1:
relief (sculpture)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
Pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
Images of maenads were widespread in Rome from the end of the second century BCE. The prototype was created in Athens in the late fifth century BCE, attributed to the sculptor Callimachus (Kallimachos). This relief is known for the high quality, plastic rendering of the drapery and has been dated to the Augustine period (27 BCE-14 CE). It was found on the Esquiline hill near Vigna Magnani. This maenad is dancing in Dionysian intoxication and holds a knife with which she has just sacrificed a kid clutched in her left hand. (Source: Capitoline Museums [website]; http://en.museicapit olini.org/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-G-CM-DM-A05
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Relief with Dancing Maenad