Hail to Dionysius [obverse]
1930
Designer, American, 1885 - 1966
Manufacturer, American, est. 1910 - closed 2016
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift through subscription to the Society of Medalists)
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Dimensions
overall (diameter): 6.99 cm (2 3/4 in.)
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Accession
2015.19.3641.a
Associated Artworks
Two Satyrs Treading Grapes [reverse]
Paul Manship, Medallic Art Company
1930
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gift 1930 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, through subscription to the Society of Medalists (Second Issue); acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
around outer cirumference starting center left, words separated by eight-petaled flowers: HAIL TO DIONYSUS WHO DISCOVERED; around inner circumference starting lower left, eight-petaled flowers at beginning and ending, and separating the words: THE MAGIC OF THE GRAPE