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Dionysus, called Narcissus, from Pompeii

Dionysus, called Narcissus, from Pompeii

statue · bronze

Dionysus, called Narcissus is a bronze ancient Roman statuette, created between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD. It is believed to be a Roman copy of an ancient Greek original from the 4th century BC, created by an artist of the school of Praxiteles. Discovered in Pompeii in 1862, the statuette became one of the most popular finds to emerge from excavations in Pompeii and Herculaneum in the course of the nineteenth century.

material
bronze
held at
Naples National Archaeological Museum · archaeological museum
inv. no.
5003

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found at
Pompeii
now in
Naples National Archaeological Museum
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