ClassificationsWorks of Art on Paper
Artist
Felix Bonfils
(French, 1831 - 1885)
Silenos, Theater of Dionysos
Dateca. 1877
MediumToned albumen print
Credit LineGift of William Knight Zewadski
Dimensions8 7/16 x 10 11/16 in. (21.4 x 27.2 cm)
Object number1990.010.160
Label TextThe kneeling Silenos, along with several other sculptures from the time of Hadrian, was later incorporated into a raised platform, or bema, for orators around 400 AD when the theater was no longer used for performances, but was still in use for meetings of the Assembly of the People.Exhibition HistoryThe Eye of Greece: Athens in Nineteenth-Century Photographs, Michael C. Carlos Museum, September 25 - November 24, 2004
ProvenanceEx coll. William Knight Zewadski, United States.
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