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Source Image: PR307_10_11 of Small Satyr and Dionysos Group of Aphrodisias: Sculptor's Workshop

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Description

Detail of a small statue of a satyr carrying the infant Dionysos.

Monument
Aphrodisias: Sculptor's Workshop 
Monument Part
Small Satyr and Dionysos Group 
Monument Type
Statuary 
Material(s)
Aphrodisian marble (Visual identification)  
Date
circa ad 150 - circa ad 275 
Keywords
Satyr  
Collections
Aphrodisias, Site and Museum  

Location

Original Location
Aphrodisias 
Current Location
Aphrodisias Museum 

Evidence for working practices

No evidence is available for this source.

Notes

This statue type was found in two different sizes at Aphrodisias while another example was found on the Esquiline in Rome and is now in Copenhagen. This last version was signed by an Aphrodisian sculptor. Clearly this was a popular arrangement among the sculptors of the city. The fact that they were capable of producing two near-identical statues in different sizes might indicate that these carvers used models or drawings of this statue type, but it is also possible that this was a form that they were simply used to carving.

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