Head of Dionysus

Testa di Dioniso
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
Archaistic work from the Augustan age
Material and technique: 
Pentelic marble
Inventory: 
Inv. MB 86

The mask of Dionysus is based on an oriental iconography of the god (Dionysus-Sardanapalos).

The hall

These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.