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Kneeling Satyr
Severo Calzetta da Ravennac. 1520
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Kneeling Satyr
- Creator: Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496-c.1543)
- Date Created: c. 1520
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.86
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Ravenna, 16th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1985.86
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