Faun playing the flute

Gambello, Vittore (born 1455 or 1460, died 1537) (attributed to)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

early 16th century

Height:

33.7 cm  (13 1/4 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Description

A faun walks with arms raised and head tilted back. He originally played an aulos, which is now, however, missing except for the remnant of one pipe in his left hand. (A copy of this work at the Louvre survives with the instrument intact.)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Aulos [4173] (missing, with the remnant of one pipe in the left hand)

Image URLs

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Bibliographic references

Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996).

Sculpture in The Frick Collection: Italian (New York: The Frick Collection, 1970) vol. 3.

RIdIM record id

1761