Copy of "The Dancing Satyr"

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Photo by John Bentham.
Copy of "The Dancing Satyr"
Photo by John Bentham.
Artist/Maker
Date19th century
MediumCast bronze
DimensionsOverall: 32 × 12 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (81.3 × 31.8 × 29.2 cm)
Credit LineHamilton College Collection
Object number2023.10.80
On view
DescriptionCast bronze copy of a Roman bronze depicting a dancing Satyr. Original Roman bronze was found in the House of the Faun in Pompeii, Italy, and is thought to have been produced in Alexandria, Egypt, ca. 3rd-1st century BCE.

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