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Double herm with heads of a youthful Dionysos and child
Image Not Available for Double herm with heads of a youthful Dionysos and child

Double herm with heads of a youthful Dionysos and child

10 B.C.–A.D. 62
FindspotVilla of the Contrada Bottaro, near Pompeii, Campania, Italy
Medium/TechniqueMarble Scientific Analysis: Isotope ratios - delta13C +2.488 / delta18O -7.827, Attribution - Pentelikon.
DimensionsOverall: 112.4 × 18.4 × 14.6 cm (44 1/4 × 7 1/4 × 5 3/4 in.)
Credit LineClassical Department Exchange Fund
Accession number1980.203
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceMay 13, 1902, found by Gennaro Matrone (d. 1927) during excavation of the Contrada Bottaro Villa, about a half-mile south of Pompeii; ownership granted by the Italian State to Gennaro Matrone. By 1916, Cleveland Museum of Art (accession no. 16.894); 1980, deaccessioned by the Cleveland Museum of Art and sold to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 18, 1980)