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The Sleeping Faun

modeled 1864, carved c. 1870
(American, 1830–1908)
America
marble
Overall: 127 cm (50 in.)
Weight: 1500 lbs. crated upon arrival at CMA
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1997.15
Location: 206 American Landscape
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Hosmer said, "I honor every woman who has strength enough to step out of the beaten path. . . ."

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Hosmer is the best known female member of a large group of American artists working in Italy during the mid-1800s. The Sleeping Faun, a depiction of a pointed-eared woodland spirit, demonstrates her mastery of the neoclassical style, which was inspired by the art of ancient Greece and Rome. Hosmer’s playful sense of humor infuses the composition: a half-human, half-goat satyr mischievously ties the unwitting faun’s animal skin garment to a tree stump.
Marble sculpture of a faun, a human presenting woodland spirit, dozing on a chair-shaped tree stump. The faun's left arm hangs over the back of the stump, their left ankle crossed over the right knee and right hand resting on their left calf. Their head tilts back into their left shoulder, mouth slightly open. A half-goat satyr seated behind the faun ties the animal skin cloth draped over the faun's waist to the tree stump.

The Sleeping Faun

modeled 1864, carved c. 1870

Harriet Goodhue Hosmer

(American, 1830–1908)
America

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