Satyress and Child
1803
Clodion
Clodion (French, 1738–1814)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Satyress and Child, 1803. Clodion (French, 1738–1814). Terracotta; diameter: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King 1963.251 An invention of European artists of the post-Roman period, a satyress is the female equivalent of the male satyr in classical antiquity. Part human and part goat or horse, the satyress can be recognized by her animal legs and hoofs.
- Maker/Artist
- Clodion
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- terracotta
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscribed recto lower right: CLODION; inscribed verso: A/L'ami Jean/Souvenir offert/ en mai/ 1803.
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1963.251
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1963), Neo-classicism: Style and Motif, The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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