Reclining Figure of Silene

Description Provenance Credit

Description This satyr is a follower of the wine-god Dionysus shown holding a rhyton, or drinking-horn, in one hand. Together with a similar object (acc. no. 54.1029), these satyr figures decorated the crosspieces of a wooden tripod.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Etruscan (Artist)

Period

ca. 500 BCE (Late Archaic)

Medium

bronze
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.86

Measurements

1 5/8 x 3 1/4 x 1 in. (4.2 x 8.3 x 2.5 cm); mount: 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 1 1/2 in. (1.3 x 9.3 x 3.8 cm)

Geographies

Italy (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Centre Street: Second Floor: Etruscan Art