Head of Dionysus
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).
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
These two little rooms display fine copies of Greek sculptures from the early Hellenistic period, together with a number of archaic works.
