S12.4 ANTINOUS AS DIONYSUS

Museum Collection | Pio-Clementino Museum, Vatican City |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Title | Antinous as Dionysus |
Type | Statue |
Material | Marble |
Height | - |
Context | - |
Original / Copy | - |
Style | - |
Date | - |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The youth Antinous, beloved of the Emperor Hadrian, is portrayed as the god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus). He is crowned with a wreath of ivy and holds a staff (originally a thyrsus) in his hand.