Relief

Subject: head of Bacchante

Cultural context: Renaissance period

Date: 16th century A.D.

Description

The relief appears as an ancient artwork, because it represents a female head crowned with ivy leaves, such as the figure of an ancient bacchante. Nevertheless, scholars recently established that this is a Renaissance work inspired by classical schemes derived from roman sarcophagi or others ancient monuments.

Materials and techniques: marble

Dimensions: height 28 cm, lenght 25 cm

Provenance: Mantova Benavides Collection, Padua; Vallisneri Collection, Padua

University of Padua, Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Art

Cat. Number: MB78

Bibliography

• Bodon Giulio, 51.Rilievo con testa di Baccante, in Un Museo di Antichità nella Padova del Cinquecento. La raccolta di Marco Mantova Benavides all'Università di Padova, a cura di Irene Favaretto, Alessandra Menegazzi, Roma, Giorgio Bretschneider, 2013, p. 73.