Silenus Holding the Child Dionysus, Louvre Museum, Paris

About the Artwork

This Roman marble sculpture from the collection of the Louvre shows Silenus holding the infant Dionysus. The museum acquired it in 1807 and it is still on view there today.

Inscriptions

Imprinted in black type on recto of mount: “Photograpié d’après nature par CH. SOULIER/PHOTOGRAPHE DE L’EMPEREUR/ROME” Written in pencil on recto of mount: “Collection André Jammes” Written in pencil on verso of mount: “IT-207 Charles Soulier/1000”

Exhibition history

France in the Time of Manet and Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-August 23, 2026).

Quick Overview

Artist: Charles Soulier (French, 1830–1900)
Date: c. 1860s
Medium: albumen print from collodion negative
Dimensions: Image: 39.5 x 18.4 cm (15 9/16 x 7 1/4 in.); Paper: 40.7 x 30.5 cm (16 x 12 in.); Mounted: 47.2 x 34.4 cm (18 9/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Type: Photograph
Classification: Photograph
Department: Photography
Credit line: Gift of George Stephanopoulos
Accession no.: 2016.538

Provenance

?–?: Collection of André Jammes [1927–2026], Paris, France ?–2016: George Stephanpoulos [1961–], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH December 5, 2016–: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.