White marble painted. Two heads in 3/4 view facing each other. Pan to left, Bacchante to right, between them a staff bound diagonally with fillets, ends above. This is one of four marble plaques from Nemi with theater-like masks. The mask on the right represents a youthful, effeminate Dionysos.
Romano, Irene B. Classical Sculpture; Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2006. See: p. 143, no. 73
White, Donald J., Ann B. Brownlee, Irene B. Romano, and Jean M. Turfa. Guide to the Etruscan and Roman Worlds at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 2002. See: p. 56, no. 84
