F12.1B DIONYSUS
Museum Collection | National Archaeological Museum of Naples |
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Catalogue No. | - |
Type | Fresco |
Context | Pompeii |
Date | - |
Period | Imperial Roman |
DESCRIPTION
Detail of Dionysus (Roman Bacchus) from a fresco depicting the god standing on the flanks of Mount Vesuvius. He is clothed in cloak of giant-grapes, crowned with a wreath of ivy, and holds a thyrsus staff and wine cup in his hands. A leopard cub by his side laps up the spilt wine.