Satyress and her Infant

Severo Calzetta da Ravenna

ca. 1520 or later · Indirect cast; copper alloy, dark brown with areas of black patina. · Robert Lehman Collection

In this tender vignette, a satyress looks downwards with a dreamy and pensive expression while an infant satyr at her knee glances upwards, grasping a bird in his right hand. The candle socket in the satyress's right hand and the shell-shaped inkwell would have provided illumination and ink for writing.

Artist

Severo Calzetta da Ravenna

Date

ca. 1520 or later

Medium

Indirect cast; copper alloy, dark brown with areas of black patina.

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975