Z12.21 DIONYSOS

Museum Collection: Rhode Island School of Design, New York City, USA
Catalogue No.: RISD 40.195
Type: Mosaic
Context: Daphne near Antioch, Constantinian villa
Date: ca 325 - 350 AD
Period: Imperial Roman

SUMMARY

Portrait of the god Dionysos who is depicted as a pretty youth crowned with grapes and vines, and wearing a panther-skin cape.

ARTICLES

Dionysos

 
 
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