Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
1500–1650
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later
About
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.