Getty Museum

[Statue of the Dancing Satyr]

Date

1859

Medium

Albumen silver print

Department

Photographs

Institution

Getty Museum

Photograph of the statue known as the "Dancing Satyr" as restored by the sculptor, Bertel Thorvaldsen. The statue depicts a nude male figure with a bushy beard and unruly hair, standing on his toes and twisting his torso toward his left side. He holds up two crotalas, round musical instruments similar to castanets.

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