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Bergsten collection 28 :: sculpture

Object description: Bust of Dionysos. Head slightly tilted to the left (figure’s right). Full, oval face with high forehead. Almond-shaped eyes with upper and lower eyelids indicated, framed by thin eyebrows. Straight nose. Rather small mouth with full, slightly parted lips. Face framed by hair, rendered in loose waves, drawn back from the face and tied in a knot at the nape of the neck, leaving some long strands falling down each side of the neck. On the head is a naturalistically rendered ivy wreath with leaves and berries, its ends tied togeteher at the back of the head. White marble with highly polished surface.

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Inventory number

Bergsten collection 28

Serie nummer

4219

Object

sculpture

Object, Swedish

skulptur

Country - Findspot

Italy : Europe

Country, Swedish - Findspot

Italien [?]

Place - Findspot

Reported to have been found at Hadrian’s villa at Tivoli.

Material

Marble

Material, Swedish

Marmor

Exhibitions

The collection formed by Karl Bergsten (Stockholm) in the first part of the 20th century is still partly in the possession of the family. The collection mostly comprise Roman and Egyptian sculpture, of which many were bought at Christie´s London sale June 5, 1930. Among these is a group of sculptures previously forming part of the Lansdowne collection. This head belong to these. Its modern history goes back to 1771, when it was acquired by Gavin Hamilton after having been found at Hadrian’s villa at TIvoli.

Motif

Dionysus

Acquisition

From the Karl Bergsten collection. Previously part of the Lansdowne collection.The object belongs to MM, according to a note in the archives.

Description

Bust of Dionysos. Head slightly tilted to the left (figure’s right). Full, oval face with high forehead. Almond-shaped eyes with upper and lower eyelids indicated, framed by thin eyebrows. Straight nose. Rather small mouth with full, slightly parted lips. Face framed by hair, rendered in loose waves, drawn back from the face and tied in a knot at the nape of the neck, leaving some long strands falling down each side of the neck. On the head is a naturalistically rendered ivy wreath with leaves and berries, its ends tied togeteher at the back of the head. White marble with highly polished surface.

Time - Manufacturing, earliest

2nd century AD

Period

Roman

Period, Swedish

100-tal e.Kr.; Andra århundradet e.Kr.; Romersk

Name - Depicted

Dionysos

Exhibition - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom

Description: You will find parts of the Greek and Roman collections along one side of the central hall. One section highlights the ancient mythology. Below are pottery and sculpture with motifs taken from the Greek myths, such as the deities Athena, Apollo and Artemis, and the heroes Achilles, Heracles, Orpheus and exciting adventures. Also the symposium, the Greek men's drinking, is depicted in a booth . Here you will find all the different parts of tableware and many images of Dionysos , the god of wine.
In lapidariet, the center hall stone gallery, you are face to face with the marble portraits of Roman emperors and individuals, as well as reliefs and altars for worship and remembrance of the deceased. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2009-07-13, google translate)

Exhibition, Part of - Current

Antikens Grekland och Rom - Lapidariet

Name - Owner

Medicinska föreningen, Karolinska Institutet

Source - http: collections.smvk.se
Source, Wikip. - is desc. by: sv.wikipedia.org

Comments

The original work was probably a full-figure sculpture.

NegNo

1352F.

Publications

- E. Angelicoussis, Reconstructing the Lansdowne Collection of Ancient Marbles,vols I-II, 2017. Vol I p 103-106, vol II catalogue no 29, p 198-203.

- Asplund, K., Catalogue de la collection de M. et Mme Karl Bergsten, vol. II, Stockholm, 1943, no. 28.

- Rystedt, E., ‘Old and new. Preliminary observations on a Roman head of Dionysos with 18th century restorations’, MedMus Bulletin 29, 1994, 73-75.

PhotoNegNo

MM neg 10622-27.

Height / Höjd

66 cm (with socle)

Width / Bredd

32 cm

Condition

Modern (probably 18th century) restorations in the face, at the skull and below the neck. Cracks on skull and neck. Small pieces missing from wreath, Minor gashes on left cheek.

Week - Object of the week

2017-25

Original register

GreekRoman

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Magnus Johansson (National Museums of World Culture)2023-10-09 19:42:11
Thanks for your comment, and we are aware of the language. The database has been a work in progress since the 1980s and we work continuously with improving it.
School2023-10-09 14:42:18
This is a wonderful descriptions of the art piece as well as the way sources were put together. Thus, many grammar and spelling were incorrect therefore I suggest a humble scan through of the grammar in exhibitions and spelling in description. /Student

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Magnus Johansson (National Museums of World Culture)2023-10-09 19:42:11

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