Post on 14-Apr-2017
-The Case of the Resting Satyr -
Struts as Indicators of Material Production & Workshops
Kelly McClinton3/3/2015
Goal: catalogue of the struts and supports used in the Resting Satyr sculpture seriesChallenges: conservation efforts, scale, provenience
1: Capitoline Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 170.5 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Statue of Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: Formerly at Villa d’Este
Provenience: Unknown
Current Location: Capitoline Museum, Hall of the Galatian
2. Saint Petersburg Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 186 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Provenience: Unknown*
Current Location: Saint Petersburg in the State Hermitage
Museum
Inv. No. Гр. 3058 / A.154.
3. Copenhagen Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 180 cm, 172 excluding the plinth
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: The Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: Acquired in 1897 at the Palazzo Piombino-
Boncompagni. Provenience: Found in the Gardens of Sallust
Current Location: Copenhagen, New Carlsberg Glyptotek
4. Capua Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: (without pedestal) 178 cm / width of the statue: 76
cm / height of the pedestal 8 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Carrara marble
Name: Statue of Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data / Origin: Santa Maria Capua Vetere,
excavations of 2002 of the piazza 1 Ottobre
Current Location: Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Archaeological
Museum of ancient Capua.
5. Vatican Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 93.5 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Current Location: Vatican Museum, Braccio Nuovo
Support: not original to the sculpture
Struts: not original to the sculpture
6. Glyptothek Satyr (1)
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 170 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Leaning Satyr, copy after a Praxitele's type. (ca. 320
BC)
Acquisition Data: Formerly in Palazzo Ruspoli (Rome), acquired
in 1812 for Munich
Current Location: Glyptothek Museum, Munich, Germany -
Room 5 (Saal der Eirene).
Provenance: Unknown
7. Louvre Satyr (1)
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 109 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Torso of the “resting satyr” type
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Provenance: Imperial Palace, Palatine Hill, Rome (Italy)
8. Prado Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 190 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Provenance: N/A*
9. Royal Castle Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Dimensions: 179 x 57.5 x 42 [185 x 57.5 x 42] cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble (Kazimierz Michałowski identified the marble used to
make the sculpture as being from Mount Pentelicus)
Name: Satyr at Rest
Acquisition Data: The sculpture was formerly in the Winter Palace in St
Petersburg. In 1928 is was transferred to Poland as compensation for
Michał Ludwik Pac’s collection of antiquities, plundered by the Russians in
1831. Until 1939 it was exhibited at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, then
stored for safekeeping at the National Museum in Warsaw. From 1953 on
permanent exhibition in the department of ancient art. In 1988 it was
returned to the Royal Castle in Warsaw.
Provenance: Rome (Italy)
10. Musei di Villa Torlonia Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 175 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Provenance: N/A*
11. Petworth House and Park Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 160 cm with supplements
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Name: Resting Satyr
Acquisition Data: N/A*
Provenance: N/A*
Inventory ID: NT 486314
12. Berlin Satyr
Scale: Lifesize
Height: 182 cm
Category: Sculpture
Material: Marble
Acquisition Data: N/A
Provenance: Palazzo Sessoriano (Italien / Latium / Rom)
Museum Id No. SK 258
http://www.kellymcclinton.com/Digital Database (In Progress)
Questions Still to Answer:
1. What other patterns can you observe between the sculptures?2. How can we link these patterns to insights about regional workshops and material
production?3. Are there any additional resources / types of evidence you would recommend?
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