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(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
A Maenad
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
(c) 2020 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

A Maenad

sculptor
Dateabout 100
Place MadeAncient & Byzantine World-Europe
MediumPentelic marble
Dimensions143.5 x 58.4 cm (56 1/2 x 23 in.)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberS5s19
Status
Not on view
Web CommentaryThis relief, set over the courtyard fountain, belongs to a series of eight Maenads (the seven others were unearthed separately in Rome in 1908 and are now in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome). Together, they formed a cylindrical frieze of exuberantly dancing women that was probably the base of a tripod dedicated to Bacchus. Maenads were female followers of Bacchus who danced themselves into orgiastic frenzies. Source: Eye of the Beholder, edited by Alan Chong et al. (Boston: ISGM and Beacon Press, 2003): 9.
Id716661
Last Updated11/8/24
Previous NumberS5s34
EmbARK ObjectID11234
Source ID477
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about 150
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late 1st century
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2nd century - 3rd century
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late 2nd century
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1st century - 2nd century
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2nd century - 3rd century
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about 50 BCE
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27 BCE - 81 CE
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2nd century - 3rd century