Double bust with the images of Ariadne and Dionysus

Classification

herma

Culture

Roman

Dimensions

height: 24.6 cm; width: 13.2 cm

Date

middle of the 2nd century A.D.

Period

Roman Imperial Period

Material

marble analysis ; Luna marble

Iconography

Ariadne ; Dionysos ; crown, headdress, hairstyle

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Basch, Lóránt (1885–1966); Milch Collection

Inventory

77.65.A

Hyp-3677

References

Szilágyi, J. Gy., Antik Gyűjtemény, 146; Szilágyi, J. Gy., Ancient Art, 166–167; Barkóczi et al. in BullMusHong 48–49 (1977), 14–16, 183–184, no. 10, fig. 5

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 herma was made of Luna (Carrara) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.