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Head of Dionysus

Luigi Valadier

1783

Medium

Bust: red griotte marble; eyes: inlaid with white marble with black marble pupils; base: fleur-de-pêcher marble

Tags

HeadsDionysus

Dimensions

Overall (with base): 12 3/8 × 6 1/8 in. (31.4 × 15.6 cm); Overall (without base): 7 3/8 × 3 3/4 × 3 in. (18.7 × 9.5 × 7.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian

Rights

Public Domain

About Luigi Valadier

1726–1785

Italian goldsmith; father of Giuseppe Valadier.

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