Grand Tour marble
Dionysus with Panther - A fine ‘Grand Tour’ pentelic marble figure of Dionysus with a panther, Florence, c1860. This sculpture is based on the 2nd Century BCE, Roman figure in the Uffizzi, Florence which itself was probably copying a Greek original. The Uffizzi sculpture was once part of the prestigious Della Valle collection of Roman art and was purchased by the Medici Family in 1584. Dionysus, lover of Ariadne, was the Greek god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine. He was also known by the name Bacchus by the Romans, and he was frequently used to represent liberation, and the free, ecstatic feeling wine produces in imbibers. He often has exotic animals with him, in this case, a panther, to further emphasize his wild, carefree nature. Height: 103cm.
AU$18,985
Dionysus with Panther - A fine ‘Grand Tour’ pentelic marble figure of Dionysus with a panther, Florence, c1860. This sculpture is based on the 2nd Century BCE, Roman figure in the Uffizzi, Florence which itself was probably copying a Greek original. The Uffizzi sculpture was once part of the prestigious Della Valle collection of Roman art and was purchased by the Medici Family in 1584. Dionysus, lover of Ariadne, was the Greek god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine. He was also known by the name Bacchus by the Romans, and he was frequently used to represent liberation, and the free, ecstatic feeling wine produces in imbibers. He often has exotic animals with him, in this case, a panther, to further emphasize his wild, carefree nature. Height: 103cm.
AU$18,985
Dionysus with Panther - A fine ‘Grand Tour’ pentelic marble figure of Dionysus with a panther, Florence, c1860. This sculpture is based on the 2nd Century BCE, Roman figure in the Uffizzi, Florence which itself was probably copying a Greek original. The Uffizzi sculpture was once part of the prestigious Della Valle collection of Roman art and was purchased by the Medici Family in 1584. Dionysus, lover of Ariadne, was the Greek god of the grape harvest, wine making and wine. He was also known by the name Bacchus by the Romans, and he was frequently used to represent liberation, and the free, ecstatic feeling wine produces in imbibers. He often has exotic animals with him, in this case, a panther, to further emphasize his wild, carefree nature. Height: 103cm.
AU$18,985