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Dionysos

about 340 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble probably from the Greek island of Paros
DimensionsHeight x length (of face): 34 x 21.5 cm (13 3/8 x 8 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCatharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession number96.695
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: "Said to have been found near the choragic monument of Lysikrates. . . .Bought in Athens."); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, October 1896
Bust of a boy with a braided sidelock
1st century B.C. or 1st century A.D.
Head of an athlete
probably A.D. 50–75
Head of Aphrodite
about 1st century B.C.
Cupid (Eros)
about A.D. 190
Hermaphrodite
about 20 B.C. to A.D. 40
Torso of a youth (kouros)
about 560–550 B.C.
Male herm-bust
about 480 B.C.
Youth
1st century B.C.–1st century A.D.
Left hand holding alabastron
about 470–450 B.C.
Restricted: For reference only
late 5th century B.C.