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S12.1 DIONYSUS

Dionysus | Greco-Roman statue
DETAILS
Museum Collection State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Catalogue No. -
Title Dionysus
Type Statue
Material Marble
Height 2.07 metres
Context -
Original / Copy Roman copy of Greek statue
Style -
Date C2nd A.D.
Period Imperial Roman

DESCRIPTION

The god Dionysus stands holding a bunch of grapes in one hand and pine-cone(?) in the other. He is crowned with a wreath of grapes and clothed in a knee-length robe, animal-hide vest and open-toed boots. He rests his arm on a small Caryatid column.

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Dionysus