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Roman Marble Relief of a MaenadAn ancient Roman marble relief fragment depicting a draped maenad in contrapposto stance, her garment falling below her right shoulder, in her slender left hand she holds a thyrsos. Ca. 1st - 2nd century AD. Maenads (also Bacchantes) were the frenzied female members of the retinue of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and revelry (Roman: Bacchus). Maenads, literally "the raving ones," were often depicted in Greek art as wild and ecstatic women who indulged in sex, violence, and intoxication. Formerly in a Nantucket private collection. Inv#: 8170 Sold |
