Satyr
Crisply cast with a carefully chased and hammered surface, the kneeling satyr peers intently with slightly parted lips at the candle socket held aloft in his right hand. His fig leaf is a nineteenth-century modification to the ensemble.
Likewise, the circular base and snail shell inkwell are nineteenth-century copies of a popular model first produced by the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in the sixteenth century. In particular, the circular base is of the same design as that of one of the satyress and infant satyr groups on the central table in this gallery. Probably for this reason, these two works were displayed as a pair in the Lehman townhouse.
Likewise, the circular base and snail shell inkwell are nineteenth-century copies of a popular model first produced by the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in the sixteenth century. In particular, the circular base is of the same design as that of one of the satyress and infant satyr groups on the central table in this gallery. Probably for this reason, these two works were displayed as a pair in the Lehman townhouse.
Artwork Details
- Title: Satyr
- Artist: Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze (Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45)
- Artist: Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna (Italian, active by 1496, died before 1543) (base)
- Date: ca. 1530
- Medium: Copper alloy with a reddish brown patina; the base and shell with a dark brown patina.
- Dimensions: H. 25 cm.
- Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
- Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
- Object Number: 1975.1.1395
- Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection
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