Marble Relief of Antinous as Silvanus

This marble relief (130–138 AD) depicts Antinous, the deified lover of Emperor Hadrian, as Silvanus, the Roman god of woods and fields. It symbolizes the fusion of Roman and Greek artistic ideals and reflects Hadrian’s devotion and the posthumous cult of Antinous. Antinous is shown harvesting grapes, representing fertility and nature. Restored in the 18th c., the relief exemplifies Roman Imperial artistry.