Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Bronze Dionysus
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Bronze Dionysus
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Alternate Title:
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Statue of Dionysus
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Image View:
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Overall view in gallery from front right
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Creator:
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unknown (Roman (ancient))
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Romano (Rome, Lazio, Italy) inv. 1060
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Location Note:
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Palazzo Massimo alle Terme; Largo di Villa Peretti, 2
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GPS:
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+41.901359+12.498249
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Date:
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ca. 117-138 CE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Roman (ancient)
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Style Period:
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Imperial (Roman)
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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bronze; copper; silver; ivory
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Technique:
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casting (process)
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Measurements:
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158 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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deities; human figure; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); Hadrianic
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Description:
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Found in the Tiber riverbed during the excavations for the foundation of a pier for the Ponte Garibaldi (1885). Restored in 1984-1985. The god is represented naked in a youthful aspect, holding a thyrsus. Other metals have been added; copper for the lips and nipples, copper and silver triangles in the diadem. The orbits of the eyes are, in contrast, in limestone and the missing irises were probably made of colored hard stone or vitreous paste. The figure type relates to a famous Hellenistic model created about the mid-4th century BCE, the so-called Dionysus of the Woburn Abbey type, known through around 20 copies and variants. This example differs somewhat and shows Roman influence as well, making it an eclectic creation of the Imperial age. The incised pupils and the notable thickness of the upper eyelid suggest a date in either the Hadrianic or Antonine period. (Source: Museo Nazionale Romano; http://archeoroma.beniculturali.it/en/node/482)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-R-PM-DION-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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