Head of Dionysus, unknown Italian workshop, 2nd half of the 1st century, Italy, sculpture, A weathered stone sculpted head of a bearded man mounted on a pale rectangular plinth, shown against a smooth gray background; the sculpture has rough, light gray and off-white tones with subtle darker gray shadows in the crevices, the beard and hair are carved with flowing, textured forms and the head is topped by a draped, rounded headdress with curved folds, creating deeper gray areas; the plinth appears creamy off-white with a slightly grainy surface and casts a soft shadow on the flat pale surface beneath.
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Head of Dionysus, unknown Italian workshop, 2nd half of the 1st century, Italy, sculpture, A weathered stone sculpted head of a bearded man mounted on a pale rectangular plinth, shown against a smooth gray background; the sculpture has rough, light gray and off-white tones with subtle darker gray shadows in the crevices, the beard and hair are carved with flowing, textured forms and the head is topped by a draped, rounded headdress with curved folds, creating deeper gray areas; the plinth appears creamy off-white with a slightly grainy surface and casts a soft shadow on the flat pale surface beneath.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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Head Dionysus unknown Italian workshop 2nd half 1st century Italy sculpture weathered stone sculpted head bearded man mounted pale rectangular plinth shown smooth gray background rough light gray off-white tones subtle darker gray shadows crevices beard hair carved flowing textured forms topped draped rounded headdress curved folds creating deeper gray areas plinth creamy off-white slightly grainy surface casts soft shadow flat pale surface beneath.

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