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Allard Pierson Museum Dionysus sarcophagus

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English: The relief shows Dionysus or Bacchus, god of wine, with his retinue of satyrs and maenads (ecstatic women). Dionysus and his followers were regularly depicted on coffins. As the personifications of wine he is crushed in the grapes and reborn into wine, thus symbolizing life after death. The lion’s heads with the rings are imitations of the bronze rings on wooden coffins. The sarcophagus was made in Rome and stayed there until the beginning of the 20th century. The travertine lion’s legs were probably added in the 16th century. The lid has been lost.

In the early 20th century the sarcophagus was transported to England and placed in the gardens of Hever Castle, where exposure to the elements caused further wear. In 1983 bought as a gift for the museum.

Marble, Rome, early 3rd century AD. APM 10.854
Nederlands: Het onderwerp van de versiering is Dionysus of Bacchus, de god van de wijn, vergezeld door mannelijke en vrouwelijke volgelingen (satyrs en maenaden). Dionysus wordt vaker met zijn gevolg op sarcofagen afgebeeld. Als god van de wijn wordt hij in de druiven vertrapt en in nieuwe wijn herboren, daarmee is hij symbool voor het leven na de dood. De leeuwenkoppen, die oorspronkelijk ringen in hun bek droegen, zijn nabootsingen van de bronzen handvaten van houten kisten. De sarcofaag is in Rome gemaakt en daar gebleven tot het begin van de 20e eeuw. Waarschijnlijk kreeg hij in de 16e eeuwzijn imposante leeuwenpoten van travertijn. Het deksel van de sarcofaag is verloren gegaan. In het begin van de 20e eeuw verhuisde de sarcofaag naar de tuin van Hever Castle in Engeland, en sleet daar verder in weer en wind. In 1983 kocht de Vereniging Rembrandt hem en schonk die aan het museum vanwege het 50-jarig bestaan in 1984. Marmer, Rome, begin 3e eeuw AD. APM 10.854
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