Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE A: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Statue of Silenus
Image View:
Detail, upper body from left side
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Musei Vaticani (Rome (Vatican City), Santa Sede (Holy See), Italy) Inv. 323
Location Note:
Museo Pio-Clementino; Hall of the Muses, 69
GPS:
41.906389 12.454444
Date:
ca. 100-150 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Greco-Roman; Hellenistic; Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
sculpture
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Description:
Roman copy of the Imperial era after a Greek Hellenistic original. Originally depicted in the act of pouring wine; in great part restored. Silenus was a companion and tutor to the wine god Dionysus. He is typically older than the satyrs of the Dionysian retinue (thiasos). A notorious consumer of wine, he was usually portrayed as drinking or drunken.
Collection:
Adjunct Module A: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-VM-SS-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Statue of Silenus