Narcissus, or Dionysus
Italian (Neapolitan) School
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1870 - 1899
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
217 mm (Height); 88 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Naples
Order this imageCollection
Greys Court, Oxfordshire
NT 195758
Summary
Bronze sculpture, Narcissus, or Dionysus, Italian (Neapolitan) School, late 19th century. Copy of the bronze statue of the original, now in the Museo Nazionale, Naples which was discovered in 1862 in Pompeii.
Marks and inscriptions
Top of base: 'G. Sommer Napoli' marked on top of base.
Makers and roles
Italian (Neapolitan) School, sculptor
References
Haskell and Penny 1981: Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique, The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500 - 1900, New Haven and London, 1981, 64, fig. 141