Head and Back of a Marble Satyr in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2012

Head and part of the back of a marble statue
1st or 2nd century A.D.

Copy of work attributed to Praxiteles

Copy of a Greek statue of the 4th century B.C.


Object Details

Title: Head and part of the back of a marble statue

Copy of work attributed to Praxiteles

Period: Imperial

Date: 1st or 2nd century A.D.

Culture: Roman

Medium: Marble, Parian

Dimensions: H. 17 1/4 (43.8 cm.)
width 8 1/4 (21.0)
depth 8 1/2 (21.6 cm.)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908

Accession Number: 08.258.43


The young satyr, identifiable by his pointed animal ears, was shown pouring wine. Many Roman copies of this appealing work are known today.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/248115