Relief of three dancing nymphs

Relief of three dancing nymphs
Relief of three dancing nymphs

Relief of three dancing nymphs

Date1st century CE
Mediummarble
Dimensionsobject: 28 3/4 × 35 1/2 × 3 in. (73 × 90.2 × 7.6 cm)
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Frank Perls
Object number1952.27
Subject(s)
  • dance
  • mythology
  • women
Collection
  • Antiquity
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Roman
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Not on view
Label TextThe scene of three nymphs dancing in a row, with its fugue-like variations in form and movement, is known from a series of ancient replicas and variants. It probably refers back to a fourth-century BCE Greek original which predated this object by several centuries. The original may have been a scene in which the nymphs were shown celebrating the arrival of the newborn Dionysos (the god, born from Zeus's thigh, was raised by a nymph named Ino).
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