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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Relief with Dancing Maenads
Image View:
Detail, figure on the left, catching her billowing cloak with one hand
Creator:
after Kallimachos (Ancient Greek sculptor, active 2nd half of 5th century BCE); unknown (Roman (ancient) sculptor)
Location:
repository: Galleria degli Uffizi (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1914 no. 318
Location Note:
Piazzale degli Uffizi
GPS:
43.768639 11.255214
Date:
ca. 40-10 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Neo-Attic
Work Type 1:
bas-relief (sculpture)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
Pentelic marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
59 cm (height) x 97 cm (width)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); Dionysus (Greek deity); Bacchante
Description:
Formerly in the Riccardi Collection, entered the Uffizi in 1825. The theme of dancing Maenads is known from over 50 Roman marble replicas, harking back to a late 5th century BCE prototype attributed to the school of Callimachus (Kallimachos). This relief very accurately reproduces three of the six Maenads on the Athenian original. The finished work was decorated with gold leaf (for the hair, jewelry and thyrsus). [Information from museum label.]
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-UG-RDM-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Relief with Dancing Maenads