Dionysus
Artist
Unknown
CultureRoman | Hellenistic
Date1st century BC-1st century AD
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 89 1/2 in. (227.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.534
Collections
Not on view
DescriptionDionysus. Large standing figure with a grape headdress and loose drapery over lower half of body. Traces of small boy at side with sections of a body remaining and an arm in relief across the back of Dionysus. Without head could be Hermes and Young Dionysus OR Dionysus and Young Satyr. Portion of right leg missing.ProvenanceWilliam Petty Fitzmaurice, First Marquess of Lansdowne, London, 18th century collection Restored in Italy, probably in 18th century. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1971.
In the Manner of the Lysippides Painter
ca. 530-520 B.C.E.
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