Silenus
mid-4th century B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Medium/TechniqueBronze
Dimensions11.3 cm (4 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.669
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceDate unknown: according to Warren's records: from Epidauros; 1888: exhibited in Rome at the Accademia dei Lincei; by 1889: Michel Tyszkiewicz Collection, Paris; by 1898: with Edward Perry Warren; 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)
about 540–520 B.C.
about 500 B.C.
2nd century B.C.
about 210–170 B.C.
Late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
mid-5th century B.C.
about 470–460 B.C.
about 1700–1450 B.C.
about 750–700 B.C.
750–700 B.C.
late 8th-early 7th centuries B.C.
750–700 B.C.