Pair of candlesticks
Unknown
1775–85 · Gilt bronze, marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The satyrs, with their goatlike hairy legs and hooves, were the attendants of Dionysius. They stand on tambourines, which were an essential part of Dionysian rites.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1775–85
- Medium
- Gilt bronze, marble
- Culture
- French, Paris
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Edward C. Post, 1915
