Füsse einer Mänade
1. - 3. Jh. n. Chr.
These fragments come from a relief that depicts a procession of dancing maenads; they are informed by figurative motifs from the late fifth century BC attributed to the sculptor Callimachus. He produced a procession of dancing maenads who, as part of the retinue of Dionysus, venerate the deity in expressive, ecstatic gestures. He created a template that would remain popular for a long time and that was among the most copied models in classical antiquity. Arranged in various sequences, they decorate reliefs and marble vessels, both small-scale and, like here, almost live-sized. A relief now in the Museo Barracco in Rome is very similar in format and arrangement to the fragments found at Ephesus; to make the composition easier to read a photograph of it is displayed behind the fragments.
These fragments come from a relief that depicts a procession of dancing maenads; they are informed by figurative motifs from the late fifth century BC attributed to the sculptor Callimachus. He produced a procession of dancing maenads who, as part of the retinue of Dionysus, venerate the deity in expressive, ecstatic gestures. He created a template that would remain popular for a long time and that was among the most copied models in classical antiquity. Arranged in various sequences, they decorate reliefs and marble vessels, both small-scale and, like here, almost live-sized. A relief now in the Museo Barracco in Rome is very similar in format and arrangement to the fragments found at Ephesus; to make the composition easier to read a photograph of it is displayed behind the fragments.
Time:
1. - 3. Jh. n. Chr.
Object Name
Relieffragment
Culture
Römisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos Hafengymnasium Marmorsaal (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor
Dimensions:
21,5 cm × 11,5 cm × 4,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, I 912 b
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1914 nachträglich inventarisiert
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