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Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
early 1500s or later
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
- Date Created: early 1500s or later
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Monastery of Heiligenkreuz, Austria, sold to Ernö Wittmann, Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary), sold through R. Stora & Co. (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.375
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1950.375
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