Borghese Faun
MS3514
Location: On Display in the Warden Garden
From: Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy)
Curatorial Section: Mediterranean
| Object Title | Borghese Faun |
| Object Number | MS3514 |
| Current Location | Warden Garden - On Display |
| Culture | Roman |
| Provenience | Italy | Latium | Rome (Italy) |
| Manufacture Location | Naples |
| Creator | J. Chiurazzi and Fils |
| Date Made | 1903 |
| Section | Mediterranean |
| Materials | Bronze |
| Technique | Cast |
| Iconography | Dancing Satyr | Faun |
| Description | Reproduction of the Borghese Faun. Sometimes shown holding cymbals, tympanum or panpipes - all restored, not original. Standing. left foot forward, right back, resting on toes. Right hand forward, palm facing in, vertical. Left hand outstretched, upper arm at shoulder level, forearm raised higher holding cymbal. Short, thick tail. Heavy, shaggy hair, and beard to chest, head facing toward left, Naked. Support, at right rear, a tree trunk (?) to level of upper thigh in back, with lion pelt thrown over it. Heavy base roughly circular (shape as slice of a tree-trunk?). |
| Height | 200 cm |
| Width | 26 cm |
| Thickness | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from J. Chiurazzi and Fils (Foundry); subscription of John Wanamaker, 1902 |
| Other Number | 0085.F - Other Number |
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