id:			127713
accession number:	1950.375
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1950.375
updated:		2023-08-24 11:35:24.643000

Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group, early 1500s or later. Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later. Bronze; overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1950.375

title:				Base for a Satyr and Satyress Group
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creation date:			early 1500s or later
creation date earliest:		1500
creation date latest:		1650
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Italy, possibly Padua, early 16th century or later
technique:	bronze
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 33.7 x 14.9 x 18.4 cm (13 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 7 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art and Humanism in the Renaissance
	opening date:   1962-01-23T05:00:00
	<i>Art and Humanism in the Renaissance</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 23-February 25, 1962).

	title:		Nature and Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance
	opening date:   1985-12-04T05:00:00
	<i>Nature and Antiquity in the Italian Renaissance</i>. Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (organizer) (December 4, 1985-March 2, 1986).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, (fall, 1943-1944): "15th and 16th c. Sculpture in Bronze and Wood, lent by Dr. Ernst Wittman," (no cat.)<br>Stadtische Galerie - Liebieghaus, West Germany, (Frankfurt) Dec 4, 1985 - March 2, 1986. cat. no. 167, repr.

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PROVENANCE

	Monastery of Heiligenkreuz, Austria, sold to Ernö Wittmann
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	Dr. Ernö Wittmann (Budapest, Hungary), sold through R. Stora & Co. (New York, New York) to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1950.
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fun fact:


digital description:
The pagan subject matter here was common in the 1500s and, with the pan pipes on the ground, indicates a scene of poetry and music. Long thought to be an ink stand, the two openings are now understood as possibly having housed a satyr and satyress.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 239
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n51

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 87
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n111

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 87
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n111

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 100
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n120

	Malgouyres, Philippe. De Filarete à Riccio: bronzes italiens de la Renaissance (1430-1550) : la collection du Musée du Louvre. 2020.
	page number: 	Reproduced and mentioned; pp. 221-222, fig. 54
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IMAGES

web:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.375/1950.375_web.jpg
print:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.375/1950.375_print.jpg
full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1950.375/1950.375_full.tif