Barberini Faun

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Hellenistic sculpture ancient Greek sculpture marble statue satyr sculpture

The Barberini Faun is a famous Hellenistic marble sculpture depicting a drunken, sleeping satyr in a dramatically relaxed, sensual pose that exemplifies the era’s interest in realism and emotional expression.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Barberini Faun canonical	2
Dancing Faun statue	1
Resting Satyr	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ ancient Greek sculpture ⓘ marble statue ⓘ satyr sculpture ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Silenus ⓘ surface form: Drunken Satyr Sleeping Satyr ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Hellenistic naturalism ⓘ influential in later European depictions of the male nude ⓘ key example of Hellenistic interest in emotion ⓘ
artMovement	Hellenistic art ⓘ
collection	Bavarian State Painting Collections ⓘ surface form: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
condition	partially restored ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalContext	Hellenistic period ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic Greece
currentLocation	Alte Pinakothek, Munich ⓘ surface form: Alte Pinakothek
depictionOfEmotion	abandonment ⓘ exhaustion ⓘ sensual pleasure ⓘ
depicts	drunken satyr ⓘ satyr ⓘ sleeping satyr ⓘ
discovered	17th century ⓘ
estimatedDate	circa 220 BC ⓘ
foundIn	Rome ⓘ
genre	mythological sculpture ⓘ
iconography	Bacchic subject matter ⓘ Dionysian imagery ⓘ
inception	2nd century BC ⓘ
locatedIn	Germany ⓘ Munich ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
namedAfter	Barberini family ⓘ
notableFeature	depiction of sleep ⓘ dynamic twisting torso ⓘ emphasis on musculature ⓘ expressive facial features ⓘ open, sprawling limbs ⓘ reclining pose ⓘ sensual depiction of male nude ⓘ suggestion of intoxication ⓘ
pose	legs spread apart ⓘ one arm raised above head ⓘ reclining on rock ⓘ
previousOwner	Barberini family ⓘ
restoration	some limbs and supports restored in early modern period ⓘ
style	Hellenistic realism ⓘ dramatic naturalism ⓘ
subjectMatter	Dionysian revelry ⓘ eroticized male body ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenistic art → notableWork → Barberini Faun ⓘ

Praxiteles → notableWork → Barberini Faun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Resting Satyr

House of the Faun → namedAfter → Barberini Faun ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dancing Faun statue

Barberini family → linkedTo → Barberini Faun ⓘ