Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE

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Ancient Mediterranean Art

Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE,

ca. 50–90 CE

Roman
Roman Imperial Period, ca. 30 BCE–476 CE
y1985-41

Information

Title
Head of a young satyr, after a possible Greek prototype of the mid-second century BCE
Dates

ca. 50–90 CE

Medium
White marble
Dimensions
24.7 × 20.4 × 19.8 cm (9 3/4 × 8 1/16 × 7 13/16 in.) 41 cm (16 1/8 in.) base: 15.2 × 14.1 × 15.4 cm (6 × 5 9/16 × 6 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Michael H. Strater, Class of 1951
Object Number
y1985-41
Place Made

Roman Empire

Culture
Roman (style or period)
Period
Imperial (Roman)
Type
sculpture
Materials
marble
Subject
satyrs, mythology, heads

Said to be from El Djem, Tunisia; at some point sold to Spink by Peter Wray; by bequest to the Museum from Michael H. Strater in 1985.

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