Pair of busts

Unknown

ca. 1780 · Gilt bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The importance of chasing is clearly illustrated by these two bearded satyrs. Cast from the same mold, the manner of the surface treatment varies in each case creating, as a result, a totally different effect.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1780

Medium

Gilt bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906