Head of a Young Satyr

Description Two small horns grow from the satyr's forehead, his ears are pointed like a goat's, and he wears a garland over his short, unruly locks. The head was once part of a larger work, perhaps a herm (a bust mounted on a square post). Statues and herms of satyrs were commonly found as decorations in the gardens of Roman villas. The eyes and lips were originally inlaid.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
6/07/1957	Treatment	cleaned
6/03/1986	Loan Consideration	examined for loan

Provenance Arthur Sambon, Paris; Sambon Sale, Paris, 1914, p. 21, no. 72 and 1929, no. 19, plate X; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1929, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1929