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Satyr

Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze Italian
Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Italian
ca. 1530
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 958
Crisply cast with a carefully chased and hammered surface, the kneeling satyr peers intently with slightly parted lips at the candle socket held aloft in his right hand. His fig leaf is a nineteenth-century modification to the ensemble.
Likewise, the circular base and snail shell inkwell are nineteenth-century copies of a popular model first produced by the workshop of Severo da Ravenna in the sixteenth century. In particular, the circular base is of the same design as that of one of the satyress and infant satyr groups on the central table in this gallery. Probably for this reason, these two works were displayed as a pair in the Lehman townhouse.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Satyr
  • Artist: Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze (Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532–45)
  • Artist: Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna (Italian, active by 1496, died before 1543) (base)
  • Date: ca. 1530
  • Medium: Copper alloy with a reddish brown patina; the base and shell with a dark brown patina.
  • Dimensions: H. 25 cm.
  • Classification: Metalwork-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
  • Object Number: 1975.1.1395
  • Curatorial Department: The Robert Lehman Collection

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Warrior on Horseback
Attributed to Desiderio da Firenze
ca. 1540
Lobster-Tail Burgonet, Steel, leather, gold, North Italian
Lobster-Tail Burgonet
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ca. 1610
Satyress and her Infant, Severo Calzetta da Ravenna Italian, Indirect cast; copper alloy, dark brown with areas of black patina.
Satyress and her Infant
Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Ravenna
ca. 1520 or later
Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh, Master IC (probably Jean Court) or French, Limoges, Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt.
Dish: The Destruction of the Hosts of Pharaoh
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Jean Cour (or Court)
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Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, Desiderio da Firenze Italian, Binary alloy (copper, tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); a brown to olive green patina and minor traces of gilding.
Perfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr
Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze
ca. 1530–40

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