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Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Italian School

$4,000
£3,029.63
€3,479.02
CA$5,605.72
A$6,096.83
CHF 3,231.10
MX$73,052.81
NOK 41,065.61
SEK 37,621.68
DKK 26,004.29

About the Item

19th Century Italian School Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture of Dionysus, 19th Century Bronze with black-green patination 24 x 10 x 10 inches Dionysus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. The occurrence of his name on a Linear B tablet (13th century BCE) shows that he was already worshipped in the Mycenaean period, although it is not known where his cult originated. In all the legends of his cult, he is depicted as having foreign origins. Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus, marble statue by Praxiteles, c. 350–330 BCE (or a Hellenistic copy of his original); in the Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece. Height 2.15 metres. Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Semele, a daughter of Cadmus (king of Thebes). Out of jealousy, Hera, the wife of Zeus, persuaded the pregnant Semele to prove her lover’s divinity by requesting that he appear in his real person. Zeus complied, but his power was too great for the mortal Semele, who was blasted with thunderbolts. However, Zeus saved his son by sewing him up in his thigh and keeping him there until he reached maturity, so that he was twice born. Dionysus was then conveyed by the god Hermes to be brought up by the bacchantes (maenads, or thyiads) of Nysa, a purely imaginary spot.
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    Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 10 in (25.4 cm)Depth: 10 in (25.4 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Beachwood, OH
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1768213616212

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