Knabe mit Traube
2. Jh. n. Chr.
On a circular, ancient base sits a young boy clutching a bunch of grapes with both hands. The head is missing but we know from similar statuettes that he is enjoying some of the fruit. Depictions of young children are first introduced in Hellenistic art. As his head is missing, we do not know if this is a portrayal of Dionysus as a child. Grapes also functioned as symbolic motifs in funerary works
On a circular, ancient base sits a young boy clutching a bunch of grapes with both hands. The head is missing but we know from similar statuettes that he is enjoying some of the fruit. Depictions of young children are first introduced in Hellenistic art. As his head is missing, we do not know if this is a portrayal of Dionysus as a child. Grapes also functioned as symbolic motifs in funerary works
Time:
2. Jh. n. Chr.
Object Name
Statuettentorso
Culture
Römisch
Location of discovery:
Ephesos Kuretenstraße beim Oktogon (Selçuk, Kleinasien, Türkei)
Material/technology:
Marmor
Dimensions:
L/H 40 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Antikensammlung
Invs.
Antikensammlung, I 839
Provenance
Sultan, Abdul, Hamid, II.; Österreichische Ausgrabungen in Ephesos; Geschenk an Kaiser Franz Joseph; 1911 nachträglich inventarisiert