Faun with Cymbals
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This figure is adapted from an ancient marble in the Vatican, in which the faun carries the infant Bacchus. Many small copies after the antique in this scale were ordered from Pietro da Barga by the Medici grand dukes.
Artwork Details
- Title: Faun with Cymbals
- Maker: Pietro da Barga (Italian, Florence, active 1574–88)
- Date: ca. 1576
- Culture: Italian, Florence
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: Overall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
- Credit Line: Lent by Michael Hall
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts