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Dionysus with a Satyr
2nd-1st century BCE (Hellenistic)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
In Hellenistic and Roman art, Dionysus is shown as a beardless youth, contrasting with his appearance on vases. The god is represented here leaning drunkenly on a member of his entourage while still holding his drinking rhyton (horn-shaped cup).
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2002 | Serapis: The Creation of a God. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/11/1965 | Treatment | repaired; other |
| 1/14/1965 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 11/22/2017 | Treatment | Treated for exhibition |
| 11/22/2017 | Treatment | Dionysis and the Satyr has active chloride corrosion. The local spots of corrosion were treated by applying 3% benzotriazole, a copper corrosion inhibitor, in ethanol. |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 5 7/8 × W: 3 1/4 × D: 1 15/16 in. (14.9 × 8.3 × 4.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1035