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Kneeling Satyr

Statuette
ca. 1520-1540 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Severo Da Ravenna (model)
Place of origin
Italy (made)

A kneeling Satyr with jar and a dish of fruit.


Object details

Categories
Bronze
Myths & Legends
Sculpture
Object type
Statuette
TitleKneeling Satyr (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Bronze
Bronze
Brief description
Statuette, Kneeling Satyr, bronze, based on a model by Severo da Ravenna (active 1496-1538), Italy (possibly Ravenna), ca. 1520-1540
Physical description
A kneeling Satyr with jar and a dish of fruit.
Dimensions
  • Width: 11cm
  • Depth: 11cm
  • Height: 18cm
Dimensions were taken by SCP on 27.10.14 for Bronze Zoo: A Sculptural Menagerie
Object history
Given by Dr. W. L. Hildburgh, F. S. A., 1956.
Subjects depicted
Satyr
Fruit
Jar
Bibliographic references
  • Binnebeke, Emile von. Bronze Sculpture: Sculpture from 1500-1800 in the Collection of the Boymans-van-Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, 1994, pp. 52-53, cat. no. 5
  • Gauricus, Pomponius. De Sculptura. Florence, 1504. Edited by André Chastel and Robert Klein, Geneva, 1969, pp. 262-3 and 60-61.
  • Gaurico, Pomponio. De Sculptura. Florence, 150. Edited by Paolo Cutolo. Milan, 1999, pp. 1040-41.
  • McHam, Sarah Blake. The Chapel of St. Anthony of the Santo and the Development of Venetian Renaissance Sculpture. Cambridge, 1994, p. 115.
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.109-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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