Satyress Attacked by Python
Production: Unknown
Bronze, cast. Reclining satyress with her left arm bent behind her head and her right arm stretched out over her right, with her hair streaming behind and across the right side of her head. The python is entwined round her body with the head coming from behind to bite the satyress' arm at the elbow.
History note: J. Goldschmidt, Warrington Crescent, London, N9.
Bought with the Leverton Harris Fund
Height: 18.0 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1962-01-18) by Goldschmidt, J.
19th Century
Circa
1800
CE
-
1900
CE
Previously attributed to Rome and Northern Europe, mid-17th century. Apparently a 19th/20th century pastiche, made to deceive. The 'faults' in the cast seem to have been deliberately introduced when the model was still in the wax.
Style of 16th century
Sculpture
Depth 17.1 cm
Height 18 cm
Width 24.1 cm
Plinth
Depth 19.4 cm
Height 3.5 cm
Width 28.2 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast
Accession number: M.2-1962
Primary reference Number: 13965
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_2_1962
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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