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Source Description
Papposilenus was an aged, semi-bestial companion of Dionysus. He is playing a double flute (restored). Both silens and satyrs were often depicted with this exotic instrument of Asian origin. According to Aristotle, the lyre calmed the emotions, but the flute excited them, as can be seen by the figure's lively and twisting pose.
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Document identity
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26392
label
Papposilenos Playing the Double Flute
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title
Papposilenos Playing the Double Flute
description
Papposilenus was an aged, semi-bestial companion of Dionysus. He is playing a double flute (restored). Both silens and satyrs were often depicted with this exotic instrument of Asian origin. According to Aristotle, the lyre calmed the emotions, but the flute excited them, as can be seen by the figure's lively and twisting pose.
provenance
Madame E. Warneck Collection Sale, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 1905, no. 90; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic)
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CC0
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en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
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4
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4
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import
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cm
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11
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5.5
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5.3
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4 5/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 1/16 in. (11 x 5.5 x 5.3 cm)
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Greek
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solid cast bronze
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6256
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2237
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