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Hérodotos és Thukydidés kettős hermája

Marble head of Dionysos

Classification
sculpture / statue; bust
Culture
Roman
Dimensions
height: 13.48 cm
Date
second half of the 1st century A. D.
Period
Early Imperial Period (1st century)
Material
marble; marble analysis
Iconography
taenia; Dionysos
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Budapest, Museum of Applied Arts
Inventory
51.663
ID
Hyp-3512
References
Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of white marble of unknown origin. Click here for the detailed results.

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