Relief of a maenad with a goat
Relief of a maenad with a goat
Published 2018-01-24T17:06:17+00:00
A Maenad, identifiable thanks to the ivy leaves and berries held back by a band around her forehead and the nebris (fawn skin) over her left shoulder, sits in front of a billy goat, held firmly by one of its horns. It this decorative relief, elements inspired by bucolic scenes deriving from the Greek Hellenistic world combined with neo-Attic figurative schemes.
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Date published | 24/01/2018 |
Complexity | Easy |
Title | Relief of a maenad with a goat |
Date | AD 117-138 |
Accession | Inv. 126375 |
Period | Hadrianic period |
Medium | Pentelic marble |
Credit | Museo Nazionale Romano |
Record | http://www.soprintendenzaspecialeroma.it/categorie/la-soprintendenza-speciale-per-il-colosseo-e-l-area-archeologica-centrale-di-roma_6/&set=0&l=2&p=6 |
Place | Museo Nazionale Romano |