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Satyr

ca. 1510–ca. 1520
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 537
This bronze is one of four in the Museum's collection by the goldsmith-sculptor Antico, so-named because of his adherence to models of classical antiquity. Here, he adapted the torso of an ancient marble for what may have been a lamp made for one of his foremost patrons, the Gonzaga family of Mantua.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Satyr
  • Artist: Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) (Italian, Mantua ca. 1460–1528 Gazzuolo)
  • Date: ca. 1510–ca. 1520
  • Culture: Italian, Mantua
  • Medium: Bronze, with remains of dark brown lacquer
  • Dimensions: Height: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
  • Object Number: 1982.60.91
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Spinario (boy pulling a thorn from his foot), Antico (Pier Jacopo Alari Bonacolsi) Italian, Bronze, partially gilt (hair) and silvered (eyes), Italian, Mantua
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probably modeled: 1496, cast: ca. 1501

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