Renaissance · Cleveland Museum of Art · 1985.86
Kneeling Satyr
Severo da Ravenna, c. 1520
Cleveland Museum of Art · Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund · Public domain
- Artist
- Severo da Ravenna
- Date
- c. 1520
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.)
- Era
- Renaissance
Why it matters
Greek and Roman art and literature typically used satyrs as a form of grotesque comic relief, but Renaissance artists adopted them as jovial celebratory figures of nature and revelry.