Sosibios Vase

[1] It is attributed by signature to Sosibios, a Greek sculptor who was active in Rome during the end of the Roman Republic, and is dated to approximately 50 BCE.

in height, is a marble adaptation of a type of metal vessel known from the late fifth century BCE (e.g.

[1] It is decorated with a relief depicting Artemis and Hermes standing by an altar and presiding over a Bacchic procession of several maenads.

Artemis appears in her role as the huntress with a quiver on her back, a bow in her right hand, and a deer hoof in her left.

[2] The vase was part of the royal collection of Louis XIV from 1692, but entered the Louvre in 1797 after becoming confiscated property under the Revolution.