Bronze Cast - The Flute-playing Faun - After The Antique - Model Kept At The Louvre Museum

This sculpture, known as the Flute-Playing Faun or Satyr Playing the Flute, is based on a marble sculpture attributed to Praxiteles or Lysippus and dating from 100-150 AD. The satyr wears an animal skin falling along his arm and plays the flute. The circumstances of its discovery are unknown. The sculpture was likely in the Borghese family collection in 1638, as attested by F. Perrier's publication. Napoleon Bonaparte then purchased it from Camillo Borghese, his brother-in-law, in 1807, along with other sculptures, for display at the Louvre Museum a few years later, in 1815. Original work: Attribution: Roman work, after Praxiteles or Lysippus Materials: Parian marble Dating: 100-150 AD Dimensions: H. 139 cm. Location and inventory number: Paris, Louvre Museum, Ma 595. https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010278937. Beautiful size, fine chasing. Beautiful patina with age-related variations. Cast circa 1850/1860. Height: 54 cm