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Venus and a Satyr
Venus and a Satyr
c. 1700
Ignaz Elhafen
(German, 1658-1715)
Ivory
Overall: 15.5 x 12.4 x 3 cm (6 1/8 x 4 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Andrew R. and Martha Holden Jennings Fund 1982.144
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Elhafen depicted mythological scenes in many small ivory reliefs intended for domestic decoration. As with any work in ivory, the size of the tusk dictated this relief’s scale.
--David Silvernail (March 2013)
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