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Dionysus (Bacchus) is the god of wine, grape harvest and divine ecstasy in Graeco-Roman mythology. He is depicted with a long oval face, his head turned right, the fleshy lips drilled at the corners, the bulging unarticulated eyes with thick lids, the hair a mass of dense curls, encircled by a wreath of ivy leaves.

h. 36.2 x w. 30.5 cm

1st century AD

Marble

Provenance

Ex collection of an European archaeologist and engineer (d. 1998) thence by descent, Europe, collected in 1930s - 1940s
Ex American collector, who acquired it from the son of the above mentioned collectorn, New York
Christie's New York acquired from the above
Acquired by Royal-Athena Galleries at Christie's New York, New York, 9th December 2008, lot 137
Acquired at Royal-Athena Galleries, 24th June 2009

Publications

Christie's Antiquities Sale, New York, 9th December 2008, lot 137
J. Pollini, "Roman Marble Sculpture" in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 102, fig. 56

Exhibitions

Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, from June 2011

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Roman Marble Over Life-Size Head of Bacchus (Dionysus)

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