Dionysus (Sardanapalus type) on a modern herm
Dionysus (Sardanapalus type) on a modern herm
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Published 2019-02-19T14:45:31+00:00
This herm of Dionysus, depicted in the Sardanapalus type and mounted on a modern herm, originates from a Greek original of the end of the 4th century BC. This Roman copy was made in the middle of the 2nd century AD.
The original, full figure depiction is known as The Dionysus Sardanapalus. It is an uncommon Hellenistic-Roman Neo Attic sculpture-type of the god Dionysus, misnamed after Sardanapalus, the last king of Assyria. The misidentification with Sardanapalus was erroneously confirmed in the example in the Vatican Museums, which was provided with a 17th Century restorer's inscription on a band across its chest with ϹΑΡΔΑΝΑΠΑΛΛΟϹ(Sardanapalus), giving the type its erroneous name (it has no true association with this legendary king).
| Date published | 19/02/2019 |
| Complessità | Very Easy |
| Title | Dionysus (Sardanapalus type) on a modern herm |
| Date | Mid 2nd Century AD |
| Accession | 6306 |
| Period | Roman |
| Medium | Marble |
| Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus_Sardanapalus |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli |