Head of Bacchus
Head of Bacchus
3D
Published 2019-09-13T13:03:05+00:00
The bust represents Bacchus, who was the god of intoxication and wine in Roman mythology. On the Warwick vase, which can be seen at the centre of the Sculpture Garden, Bacchus is depicted as a bearded, drunk old old man with a lot of hair. Here, the god of wine is a detached and restrained young man with a beautiful head, crowned with elegant curls and a wreath of perfect grapes.
These 3D scans have been produced with an Artec Eva with the ambition to produce a digital representation as close to the original as possible. However, the presented scans are not to be regarded as duplicates as due to inaccessible areas etc deviations from the original might occur
Photography credit: CC BY SA Linn Ahlgren / Nationalmuseum
| Date published | 13/09/2019 |
| Complexity | Medium |
| Title | Head of Bacchus |
| Dimension | 74cm Tall |
| Accession | NMSk 383 |
| Medium | Marble |
| Credit | Gift 1846 Mr Per Ulmgrens heirs |
| Record | http://collection.nationalmuseum.se/eMP/eMuseumPlus?service=ExternalInterface&module=collection&objectId=26772&viewType=detailView |
| Artist | Johan Niklas Byström |
| Place | Nationalmuseum |
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