Plaster cast

Museum number:
21-42
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-5042 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.193
Description:
Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Mercatali Brothers workshop, Rome, Lazio
Verbatim coll. place:
Through Mercatali Bros., Rome
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Person depicted:
Dionysus/Bacchus (Greek and Roman deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Satyrs
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-42, described as Cast of well kerb; probably from a temple precinct. Subject: preparations by satyrs for a Bacchic revel. Dionysos himself, beardless, and nude, contemplates Seilenos in an advanced stage of drunkenness. The god himself requires the support of an attendant. Vatican Museum. Formatore opposite British School of Art in Rome, up street. Mercatali Brothers put the casts in their bill.

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