Italian Bronze of Dionysus
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Italy Circa 1880
Height: 24.5” (62cm)
Inscribed to the base, F ria amodio Napoli
A Grand Tour Neapolitan patinated bronze figure of Dionysus after the antique made by the Amodio foundry.
The original was discovered in August 1862 in a humble Pompeian house and was soon removed to the Museo Nazionale and acclaimed a masterpiece. Some consider it to be the most beautiful bronze ever to be discovered at Pompeii. Accordingly, its fame spread and it became extensively copied in the same size and medium.
£2500
