Cleveland Museum of Art
Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
- Date
- early 1500s or later
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The pagan subject matter here was common in the 1500s and, with the pan pipes on the ground, indicates a scene of poetry and music. Long thought to be an ink stand, the two openings are now understood as possibly having housed a satyr and satyress.
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