Statue
Reproduction
MS3511
From: Italy | Campania | Herculaneum
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
Object Number | MS3511 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Roman |
Provenience | Italy | Campania | Herculaneum |
Manufacture Location | Naples |
Creator | J. Chiurazzi and Fils |
Locus | Villa dei Papiri |
Date Made | 1903 |
Section | Mediterranean |
Materials | Bronze |
Technique | Cast |
Iconography | Sleeping Faun |
Description | Original found at Herculaneum. Sleeping Faun. Seated, leaning backward, head leaning to his left, eyes closed, lips slightly open, right hand on top of head. Left arm at side. Right leg forward, left bent back. Naked. Shaggy, short hair bound with thin fillet. Two small corkscrew horns sprout from forehead. A "gland" (said to be goat's) just below chin on either side of neck. Pointed ears. No tail. |
Height | 148.59 cm |
Width | 55.88 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902 |
Other Number | 5624 - Naples Museum Number | 0642F - Other Number |
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