Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
early 1500s or later
Maker Unknown
European Painting and Sculpture
Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group, early 1500s or later. Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later. Bronze; overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.375 The pagan subject matter here was common in the 1500s and, with the pan pipes on the ground, indicates a scene of poetry and music. Long thought to be an ink stand, the two openings are now understood as possibly having housed a satyr and satyress.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1950.375
- Credit Line
- John L. Severance Fund
- Exhibitions
- Nature and Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (fall, 1943-1944): "15th and 16th c. Sculpture in Bronze and Wood, lent by Dr. Ernst Wittman," (no cat.)<br>Stadtische Galerie - Liebieghaus, West Germany, (Frankfurt) Dec 4, 1985 - March 2, 1986. cat. no. 167, repr.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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