Statuette

MS3470

Location: On Display in the Rome Gallery

From: Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi

Curatorial Section: Mediterranean

Object Number MS3470
Current Location Rome Gallery - On Display
Culture Roman
Provenience Italy | Latium | Lake Nemi
Period Roman Period
Date Made 125 BCE
Section Mediterranean
Materials Marble (Stone) | Alabaster
Technique Carved
Iconography Satyr | Head | Faun
Description

Small. White marble. Intact, broken off just below Adam's apple. Frontal pose. Pointed ears. Abundant curly hair bound with plain fillet. Romano notes later recutting.

Height 14.5 cm
Width 9 cm
Depth 15 cm
Credit Line Museum Purchase; subscription of Mrs. Lucy Wharton (Joseph) Drexel, 1897

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