Lot Essay
For Praxiteles' Satyr at Rest, see pp. 238-245 in Pasquier and Martinez, Praxitéle. The Roman copy presented here transposes the composition.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A SATYR
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN MARBLE TORSO OF A SATYR
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Based on a 4th century B.C. Praxitelean prototype, his hip thrust to his right, with his right shoulder bent forward, his left arm originally reaching forward, nude but for a goat skin pelt that falls across his chest over his right hip and down his back in heavy folds, the head of the animal positioned along his chest, naturalistically rendered with the fur and face finely delineated
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Based on a 4th century B.C. Praxitelean prototype, his hip thrust to his right, with his right shoulder bent forward, his left arm originally reaching forward, nude but for a goat skin pelt that falls across his chest over his right hip and down his back in heavy folds, the head of the animal positioned along his chest, naturalistically rendered with the fur and face finely delineated
29 in. (73.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, England.
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1997 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, no. 2).
with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, 1997 (Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, no. 2).
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