-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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