Bust of a Satyr / Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1970/1.193
- Title
- Bust of a Satyr
- Artist
- Massimiliano Soldani Benzi
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Artist Life Dates
- 1656-1740
- Medium and Support
- bronze on wood base
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1695
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Italy (nation)
- Tuscany (region)
- Firenze (province)
- Florence (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Italy (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Tuscany (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Firenze (province)
- Creation Place 5
- Florence (inhabited place)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Baroque
- Period
- Europe, Baroque (1590-1750)
- Dimensions
- 47.5 cm x 25 cm x 14.5 cm (18 11/16 in. x 9 13/16 in. x 5 11/16 in.)
- Century
- 17th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- casting
- Secondary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- This small bust-length figure represents a mustached satyr turning his head toward his left. He wears an animal skin tied at his right shoulder over his bare chest. The liquid character of the cast bronze admirably captures the rippling muscles of the satyr's chest and the flowing curls of his hair and the animal pelt.
- Subject Matter
- In Greek mythology satyrs were spirits of the forests and mountains and attendants of the god of wine and ecstasy, Dionysus. They were half-human, combining the head and torso of a man with the legs and cloven hooves of a goat, and were often associated with sloth, lechery, and drunken excess.
- Secondary Keywords
- animals and creatures
- associated concepts
- concepts in the arts
- genres in the arts
- legendary creatures
- literary, oral and motion picture genres
- mammals
- objects we use
- people and culture
- portraits
- sculpture
- sculpture by material
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- visual works by medium or technique
- visual works by subject type
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 715 x 1445
- File Size
- 81 KB
- Record
- 1970/1.193
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"Bust of a Satyr; Massimiliano Soldani Benzi." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1970-sl-1.193/1970_1.193.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
