Dionysus of Tivoli

myminifactory

This cast sculpture was donated to us from the Academy of Fine Arts in 1897. Created after a Roman masterpiece, unearthed in Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli in 1881, known as the Tivoli Dionysus. The original white marble, housed at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, is a classicizing work of the 2nd century AD, heavily influenced by the masterpieces of the 4th-century BC artists. In ancient mythology, the panther was a massive creature revered as one of the favored mounts of the god Dionysus.