The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Bronze bust of a young satyr

Art Object

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Bronze bust of a young satyr

Period:: Imperial
Date:: first half of the 2nd century A.D.
Culture:: Roman
Medium:: Bronze, silver, copper
Dimensions:: H. 14 cm
Classification:: Bronzes
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.230.25

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

The young satyr holds grapes, quinces, and pomegranates in a fold of his garment. The whites of the eyes are inlaid with silver, the lips with copper.
Provenance

Said to be from Rome
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Where
Roman Empire (5,258)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,214)
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Italian Peninsula, 1–500A.D.