plaster cast (sculpture) with possible electroplate finish
bronze sculpture in the round (original)
Measurements
82.5 (H) x 27.5 (W) x 33 (D) cm
Description
This is a cast of the famous bronze statuette of a dancing faun or satyr from the Tuscan impluvium of the House of the Faun at Pompeii (Pompeii VI.12.2), for which the house is named. The lean, muscular creature is depicted in ecstatic dance. He is on the balls of his feet with his bent right leg advanced and his straightened left leg back. His left arm is raised high so that his rib cage juts out, and his right arm is raised at the elbow. He lifts his head and looks up with a joyful expression. The unruly waves and curls of his hair and beard surround his face, and two curved horns project up from his forehead. He wears a vegetal wreath. The style and workmanship of the faun have suggested Alexandrian manufacture between 300-100 BCE, or perhaps a copy of such a work.
This cast has been finished to look like the patinated bronze of the original, perhaps by the method of electroplating.
Repository
Cornell University (current)
Naples, National Archaeological Museum (no. 5002) (original)
Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, Taste and the Antique: The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1981), 208-209
Condition
good condition
some damage on right thigh at groin and on plinth
red dot with 'w' on plinth
Notes
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