Statue of a Pouring Satyr

A.D. 81–96

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

165 × 53 cm

Status

In Museum Collection

Collect24 Art ID

C24-249473

The statue depicts the nude figure of a youthful satyr who stands frontally, holding over his head with his right hand a now-missing pitcher from which he would have seemed to pour wine into the drinking vessel once held in his left hand (also now missing). The satyr stands in a naturalistic contrapposto stance, with his weight shifted onto his left leg, and his right knee slightly bent. He looks downward at his lowered hand. His hair is short and tousled, and a fillet and wreath surround the crown of his head. A support in the shape of a truncated tree is present behind his left leg. It is carved naturalistically with knobs and the remnants of sawn limbs. The head and right hand are restorations added in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. The penis is also a modern restoration. The statue is a Roman copy of Praxiteles' Pouring Satyr. The figure of a youthful Satyr, recognizable only by his pointed ears, was found in 1657 in the Villa of emperor Domitian at Castelgandolfo together with three identical replicas. The Satyr Pouring Wine was first created by Praxiteles in the early 300s BC and is known in dozens of Roman versions.