Resting Satyr

Item

Title
Resting Satyr
Description
Modern plaster replica of a marble statue in the Capitoline Museums, Rome. The statue in Rome is a copy of a Greek original of the late 4th century BCE by a sculptor working in the style of Praxiteles. Satyrs were followers of Dionysus (Bacchus), spirited and lusty, with pointed donkey ears and tail indicating their strong animal instincts. With its playful mood and soft, sinuous S-curved stance in the Praxitelean manner, the piece was much favored by the Romans for their homes and gardens and over 100 copies are extant.
Bibliography
Jones, Stuart. The Sculpture of the Museo Capitolino. The British School at Rome Oxford 1912, pp. 350-351.

Smith, R.R.R. Hellenistic Sculpture. London 2001, pp. 12-31.
Iconography
Satyr
Faun

Item sets

Plaster Cast Collection