Stucco relief panel

Unknown

2nd half of 1st century CE · Stucco · Greek and Roman Art

The female figure probably represents a maenad, one of the female followers of Dionysos. As she floats easily along, her garment has opened to the waist, revealing her left leg. She holds a long thin wand-like stick over her left arm and a garland with ribbons in her right hand.

Artist

Unknown

Date

2nd half of 1st century CE

Medium

Stucco

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1892