Collection Online as of January 30, 2023

Kneeling Satyr

c. 1520

cast after a model by the workshop of

Severo da Ravenna

(Italian, c.1496-c.1543)

Italy, Ravenna, 16th century

Bronze

Overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)

Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1985.86

Location

117A Italian Renaissance

Description

Greek and Roman art and literature typically used satyrs as a form of grotesque comic relief, but Renaissance artists adopted them as jovial celebratory figures of nature and revelry.

Citations

Gregori, Mina. In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece. 22 December 2003-31 March 2004. Cinisello Balsamo, Milan: Silvana, 2003. Mentioned: p. 384 and p. 346; cat. no. VIII.35

TEFAF 2016 Showcase Maastricht. London: Benjamin Proust Fine Art, Ltd., 2016. Mentioned: pp. 34, 36; reproduced: p. 36

Exhibition history

National Gallery/Alexander Soutzos Museum, Athens (12/22/2003 - 3/31/2004): "In the Light of Apollo: Italian Renaissance and Greece" cat. no. VIII.35, p. 384 and p. 346.

Images of the Mind. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 7-August 30, 1987).

In the Light of Apollo - Italian Renaissance and Greece. National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens, Greece (organizer) (December 10, 2003-April 19, 2004).