Satyr's head oil lamp on a claw foot, by Severo di Ravenna (workshop)

An image of Sculpture/Oil lamp. Cast in the form of a satyr's head on a separately cast claw-foot stand. Severo di Ravenna (workshop (Italian, act.1496, d. before 1543). Production Place: Padua. Bronze, cast, heght (whole) 20.2 cm, after 1496. Renaissance. Production Notes: The stand may not be original.

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Sculpture/Oil lamp. Cast in the form of a satyr's head on a separately cast claw-foot stand. Severo di Ravenna (workshop (Italian, act.1496, d. before 1543). Production Place: Padua. Bronze, cast, heght (whole) 20.2 cm, after 1496. Renaissance. Production Notes: The stand may not be original.

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Accession Number: M.12-1997
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
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Image width: 750 pixels
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