Antinous Dionysos Louvre Ma238

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Unknown

Bust of Antinous as Dionysos; small holes bored into the hair used to support a metal ivy wreath. Marble, ca. 130 BC, origin unknown.

Dimensions H. 43 cm (16 ¾ in.)

Credit line Old fund

Accession number Ma 238 (MR 414 / N 1299)

Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon, ground floor, room 25

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2007)

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