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Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")
by Pacetti, Vincenzo, -27
Artwork Details
Details
- Year
- -27
- Medium
- Marble
- Size
- H. 82 3/4 in. (210.2 cm)
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Vincenzo Pacetti restored this over-life-size marble statue shows Dionysos, god of wine, wearing a panther skin over a short chiton and high sandals with animal heads on the skin flaps. He leans on an archaistic female figure whose pose and dress deliberately imitate Greek statues from two centuries earlier, a practice called archaism.
The statue is named after Thomas Hope, the prominent English collector who acquired it in 1796. The Italian sculptor Vincenzo Pacetti restored it in the 18th century. It adapts a Greek original from the 4th century BCE and dates to the Augustan or Julio-Claudian period (27 BCE to 68 CE).
Standing 82 3/4 inches (210.2 cm) tall, it serves as the centerpiece of the Met's Roman sculpture court. It's in Gallery 162 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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About Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure ("Hope Dionysos")
Named after Thomas Hope, a wealthy English collector who purchased it in 1796. The 'Hope' designation has followed the statue ever since. Pacetti, a well-known 18th-century restorer, worked on it before Hope acquired it.
It stands 82 3/4 inches (210.2 cm) tall. It's the centerpiece of the Met's Roman sculpture court in Gallery 162 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
An archaistic female figure whose pose and dress deliberately imitate 6th-century BCE Greek statues, even though this sculpture was made centuries later. This intentional reference to older artistic styles is called archaism.
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