Appliqué in the form of a Bust of Dionysos
Culture: Greek
Period: Hellenistic period
Date: late 2nd - early 1st century B.C.
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions:
h.: 6 15/16 in. (17.7 cm)
w.: 5 11/16 in. (14.4 cm)
d.: 1 1/16 in. (2.6 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Gilbert M. Denman, Jr.
Object number: 91.80.4
Provenance: sold by Mathias Komor, New York, to Gilbert M. Denman, Jr. (1921-2004), San Antonio, 1966; Gilbert M. Denman, Jr., by gift to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1991
Exhibition History: "Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections," Institute for the Arts, Rice University, Houston, Oct. 15, 1970-Jan. 3, 1971; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Feb. 3-Apr. 11, 1971; Witte Memorial Museum, May 16-July 11, 1971.
Published References
H. Hoffmann, Ten Centuries that Shaped the West: Greek and Roman Art in Texas Collections (Houston, 1971), 222-24, no. 105.
B. Barr-Sharrar, The Hellenistic and Early Imperial Decorative Bust (Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1987), 54, 97, no. C85, pl. 28.
I. Manfrini-Aragno, Bacchus dans les bronzes héllenistiques et romains. Les artisans et leur répertoire. Cahiers d'archéologie romande 34 (Lausanne, 1987), p. 57, fig. 18.
Label Text
Bronze busts like this one were added to pieces of furniture as ornaments. On this appliqué Dionysos, the god of wine, wears a wreath of ivy leaves and berries. (Jessica Powers 2008)
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