# Silenus Holding the Child Dionysus, Louvre Museum, Paris

- By: Charles Soulier (French, 1830–1900)
- Date: c. 1860s
- Medium: albumen print from collodion negative
- Classification: Photograph
- 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.)
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit line: Gift of George Stephanopoulos
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.538)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2016.538/2016.538_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.