Marble head of a satyr playing the double flute

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1st century CE · Marble · Greek and Roman Art

Copy of a Greek work of the 3rd century B.C. This satyr with pointed animal ears is one of the many wild creatures that cavort in the train of Dionysos, god of wine. His brows and lips are puckered and his cheeks distended as he plays a double flute. Such realistic rendition of an exaggerated momentary action is typical of Hellenistic art.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century CE

Medium

Marble

Culture

Roman

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1923