The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 24, 2024
Satyr Head
500s BCE
Location: 102D Pre-Roman
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Satyrs are nature spirits and followers of the wine god Dionysos.Description
This head of an equine-eared satyr likely comes from a mold-made terracotta antefix. He has a wide nose, a furrowed brow, and almond-shaped eyes. Traces of pigment remain in the wavy incised beard and lips. A garland, perhaps made of pointed leaves, adorns the hair. It was likely part of a larger Etruscan temple antefix of an intertwined satyr and maenad because of its identical nature to other satyr heads from complete antefixes.- Possibly from Campania, Italy; formerly in the Ugo Jandolo Collection, Rome; purchased by Harold Parsons through Bruno Tartaglia, Rome
- Masterpieces of Etruscan Art. Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA (organizer) (April 21-June 4, 1967).Worcester Art Museum, 21 April-4 June, 1967, Masterpieces of Etruscan Art, cat: R.S. Teitz, Masterpieces of Etruscan Art: [an exhibition at the] Worcester Art Museum (Worcester, 1967): 26, illus. 115, no. 10
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https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1925.946