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Source Description
This beardless male head has pointed ears, indicating that it may represent a satyr. The eyes are deeply incised and circular drillmarks are visible in the hair.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
1178
label
Head of a Satyr
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
1178
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Satyr
description
This beardless male head has pointed ears, indicating that it may represent a satyr. The eyes are deeply incised and circular drillmarks are visible in the hair.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [marble no. 48 (?)]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th century (Late Antique)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statues
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 9 1/16 in. (23 cm)
Source extras
med
marble
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
exhibition_ids
358
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
3417aac1fff9b46c