S12.7 DIONYSUS TYPE SARDANAPALLUS

Museum Collection | Capitoline Museums, Rome |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Title | Dionysus Type Sardanapallus |
Type | Statue |
Material | Marble |
Height | - |
Context | - |
Original / Copy | Roman copy of Greek statue ca 325 B.C. |
Style | Early Classical |
Date | C1st A.D. |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
The god Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) is portrayed as an older, bearded man clothed in a heavy robe with a thyrsus staff (missing) held in his hand.