Kneeling Satyr Supporting the Figure of an Emperor
c. 1500
Severo da Ravenna
Artist, Paduan, active 1496 - 1525/1538
Artwork overview
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            Mediumbronze 
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            Credit Line
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            Dimensionsoverall (without base): 23.8 x 12.4 x 11.3 cm (9 3/8 x 4 7/8 x 4 7/16 in.) 
 base: 7.9 x 12.7 cm (3 1/8 x 5 in.)
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            Accession Number1985.12.1 
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Frankfurt; (J. and S. Goldschmidt, Frankfurt-am-Main); private collection, New York; (Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York); purchased 13 February 1985 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1985
- Renaissance Bronzes and Later Sculpture, Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, 1985, no. 5, repro., as Kneeling Satyr. 
1989
- Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes, Milwaukee Museum of Art, 1989, brochure, no. 5. 
Bibliography
1982
- Keeble, K. Corey. European Bronzes in the Royal Ontario Museum. Toronto, 1982: 42. 
1994
- Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 217, repro. 
1998
- Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 94, no. 53. 
2010
- Luchs, Alison. The Mermaids of Venice: Fantastic Sea Creatures in Venetian Renaissance Art. Turnhout, Belgium, 2010: 160-161, 160 fig. 208, 221 n. 16. 
Wikidata ID
Q63861099 
   
   
     
   
   
              