A Roman Marble Relief Torso of Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.

probably from a large Dionysiac sarcophagus, the god standing with the weight on his left leg, and wearing a goat skin or nebris tied over his left shoulder, his hair falling in long strands over the shoulders; no restorations.

French private collection, 19th Century
French private collection, acquired in the 1960s/70s
acquired at auction in France by the current owner

Fragmented as shown. No restorations. Upper drapery of the goat skin/nebris chipped. Nick on proper left thigh. Abrasion on neck. Genitalia missing. Surface weathered and abraded overall, with minor encrustations.
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For a sarcophagus in Naples showing a similarly clad figure of Dionysos standing in his chariot, leaning upon a satyr, and holding a thyrsus see F. Matz, Die dionysischen Sarkophage (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. IV.2), 1968, cat. no. 118, pl. 138,1.