Dionysos and Satyr, Altemps Inv8606

Palazzo Altemps (Museo Nazionale Romano), Rome, Italy

Artist/Maker Unknown

Drunken Dionysos leaning on a satyr (left a panther). Marble, Roman copy from the 2nd century AD after an Hellenistic original. Marble; original elements: heads, torsos and thighs of Dionysos and satyr, right arm of Dionysos; restored elements: legs of Dionysos and satyr, arms of the satyr.

Dimensions Unspecified

Credit line From the excavations for the construction of Palazzo Mattei at Quattro Fontane; Ludovisi Collection

Accession number Inv. 8606

Location Ground floor

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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