Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
Unknown Artist
early 1500s or later
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
33.7 × 14.9 × 18.4 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John L. Severance Fund
Accession Number
1950.375
About this artwork
The pagan subject matter here was common in the 1500s and, with the pan pipes on the ground, indicates a scene of poetry and music. Long thought to be an ink stand, the two openings are now understood as possibly having housed a satyr and satyress.