Iconography
GODS AND MYTHS
Bacchus / Census of Antique Art known to the Renaissance / Known prototypes / Sarcophagi / Vatican City, Museo Chiaramonti (Bacchus and Ariadne)
SOCIAL LIFE
Further details
Dionysus [reclined] and Ariadne between the two lion head protomes. Below Bacchus, stands Pan.
Artist or creator
Date
2nd century
Location
Associated persons
Ian Jones (Photographer (digital))
Notes on photograph
Bibliographic Citation
Amelung, Walter, Die Sculpturen des Vaticanischen Museums, I, Berlin 1903, no. 180; Friedrich Matz, Die Dionysischen Sarkophage, vol. 1 (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs 4, 1), Berlin 1968, pp.135-138, no. 37; Paul Zanker and Björn C. Ewald, Living with Myths: The Imagery of Roman Sarcophagi, Oxford 2012, pp. 321-325
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Acknowledgements
Record created with the generous support of the Dean’s Development Fund, School of Advanced Study’
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