2 MAENADS | 'Relief With Two Maenads'

• 2 MAENADS | 'Relief With Two Maenads':
Roman frieze dating 1st-half of the 1st c. AD
Based on a Greek model from the end of 5 BC.
H 41cm X W 44 cm
Pentelic Marble
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Musei Reali Torino, Turin | MRT
[Museum of Antiquities, Archaeological Gallery, Room 2]
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"This relief was originally put above one of the fireplaces in the Grand Gallery of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy.
In 1724, Scipione Maffei moved it to the Regio Museo di Antichità.
This iconography of maenads dancing in Dionysiac ecstasy is commonly attributed to Callimachus, Athenian sculptor of the late 5th c. BC [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callimachus_(sculptor) ].
The theme became extremely popular in Rome, mainly between the 2nd c. BC and the Augustan Age, and was widely used for the decoration of sarcophagi and marble or terracotta furniture".
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MRT | Michael Svetbird 18|02|24 6000X4300 600 [I.-II.]
The photographed object is collection item of MRT, photos are subject to copyright.
[non commercial use | sorry for the watermarks]
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