2-742-169 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Statuette of Dionysos, 50 BC - 50. The bronze figure of Dionysos, the god of wine, the theater, and the mysteries, is presented in a style recalling Archaic Greek art, most noticeably in the stiff pose and trimmed beard. The disk attached at the top of the head suggests that this figure was once part of an ornate piece of furniture. The base was not originally designed to support the figure.