Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure is 82 ¾ inches tall. This sculpture is all made of marble and painted in light gray. It was from Roman during Augustan or Julio-Claudian period. Right now this marble statue is displayed at The Metropolitan of Museum of Art and located in the section of Greek and Roman art on the first floor. Accounting to the instructions from the Metropolitan museum, Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure is a gift from the Frederick W. Richmond Foundation, Judy and Michael Steinhardt, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Alfred Taubman, 1990. This monumental statue is also known as “Hope Dionysos”, which was named after its owner, Thomas Philip Hope. Unfortunately, people didn't find out any evidence that shows who the …show more content…
It makes the statue have less negative spaces. Since his left arm is holding up and his two legs are separated with each other, it makes these parts much easier to be apart from its main body. According to the instructions from The Metropolitan of Museum of Art, we can see that Vincenzo Pacetti restored many places of this sculpture, including both arms and lower half of lower legs. The statue is free-standing, but Vincenzo Pacetti put a thick pipe on his leg to make it keep balance. Dionysos is standing with his right foot, and his left foot is a little bit ahead. It is also a kind of contrapposto, which makes the sculpture have a better look of body pose. The statue was made of marble so that the shape of the most part of it is smooth, but the platform of the sculpture is rigid. I guess that the original statue is not smooth, and Pacetti sanded down the body of Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure. The color of this sculpture is light gray. The most arts from Greek and Roman are painted in gray. They think it's a symbol of purity by using marble and painted in light gray. “The head is ancient but from another statue.” (The Metropolitan of Museum of Art) Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure is a Roman copy of Greek Original. Greece people also thinks that marble represents the purity, that might be why the Statue of Dionysos leaning on a female figure is all made of marble. The museum