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Children and Satyr Children Sporting with a Goat

ca. 1781
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
One of two rectangular panels in the Museum's collection (see also 59.87.2) which are models for stucco reliefs made to decorate the courtyard of the Hôtel de Bourbon-Condé, Paris Two friezes plus an oeils-de-boeuf (59.24a–c) are also in the Metropolitan's collection.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Children and Satyr Children Sporting with a Goat
  • Artist: Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1781
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: 10 x 30 1/2 in. (25.4 x 77.5 cm.)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.87.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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