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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.512
Title
Standing Pan or Satyr
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
4th century BCE?
Period
Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture
Greek
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/290849

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Terracotta
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
11.5 × 4 cm (4 1/2 × 1 9/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of David M. Robinson
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.512
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Complete figurine, mended from several fragments.

Standing Pan or satyr, facing forward, smiling. Short horns at center of head with pointy ears to the sides. Furrowed brow; round eyes; pig-like snout; narrow, smiling mouth; long, oval beard. Right arm bends at the elbow and is brought up to the chest holding a small syrinx (or pan flute); the left arm is kept close to the body. While the upper torso is presented frontally, the creature’s bottom half is presented in profile, with goat-like legs and an erect phallus turned towards the left shoulder. He stands on a thick, plain base.

Would have been painted originally. Traces of white ground extant both front and back. Additionally, yellow pigment on the legs; pink and red on face and chest.

Hollow but heavy. Mold-made in one single-sided mold. Thick, plain back. Open at bottom.

Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum, The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities, A Special Exhibition, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1961), p. 35, no. 293

Exhibition History

  • The David Moore Robinson Bequest of Classical Art and Antiquities: A Special Exhibition, Fogg Art Museum, 05/01/1961 - 09/20/1961

Verification Level

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