Harvard Art Museums > 1978.495.235: Fragment of a Dionysiac Relief, Pan and Silenus in a Rustic Setting Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Fragment of a Dionysiac Relief, Pan and Silenus in a Rustic Setting , 1978.495.235,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/198886. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1978.495.235 Title Fragment of a Dionysiac Relief, Pan and Silenus in a Rustic Setting Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 14-68 CE Period Roman Imperial period, Early Culture Graeco-Roman Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/198886 Physical Descriptions Medium Thasian (?) marble Dimensions 14 x 37.5 x 4 cm (5 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 1 9/16 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University Accession Year 1978 Object Number 1978.495.235 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Published Catalogue Text: Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums , written 199097 Fragment of a Dionysiac Relief, Pan and Silenus in a Rustic Setting The left edge is preserved, with a cutting for insertion in a frame, as in the wall of a house. The other three edges are the result of irregular breaks. The back is smoothed and finished. A Pan with pedum (shepherd's crook) in right hand and a nebris (animal skin) around shoulders appears to be prancing from right to left, looking back, in front of a tall, rectangular pillar with molded top. On this Doric pillar are two cloven feet from the small statue, cult image of Pan, which stood on top. At right, a plump Silenus raises his right arm and rests left on uncertain object, perhaps the neck of an ass. From the position of the two figures, Silenus higher than Pan, the former may be seated and riding backward on the animal. A relief in the Museo Nazionale, Naples, Pan riding a mule or an ass in a rustic setting, shows the type of Graeco-Roman decorative panel represented by the Harvard fragment (Reinach, 1909-1912, III, p. 83, no. 5; Schreiber, 1894, pl. 54). Cornelius Vermeule and Amy Brauer Publication History Cornelius C. Vermeule III and Amy Brauer, Stone Sculptures: The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 111, no. 97 Exhibition History Ancient Installation at Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, 09/30/2013 - 01/26/2015 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
