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CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF DIONYSUS
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The youthful god standing with his weight on his right leg, his left knee bent and slightly forward, depicted nude but for an animal skin draped along his back, a paw resting over his right shoulder, a seated panther to the right, its right forepaw against the god's knee, its head turned to the left with its open mouth bearing fangs, its fur rendered with incised parallel lines along the curve of its head
25 in. (63.5 cm) high
Circa 2nd Century A.D.
The youthful god standing with his weight on his right leg, his left knee bent and slightly forward, depicted nude but for an animal skin draped along his back, a paw resting over his right shoulder, a seated panther to the right, its right forepaw against the god's knee, its head turned to the left with its open mouth bearing fangs, its fur rendered with incised parallel lines along the curve of its head
25 in. (63.5 cm) high
Provenance
Irving Sherman, acquired in Rome circa 1950