Dancing Faun bronze statue
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Hellenistic-style sculpture
ancient Roman bronze sculpture
archaeological artifact
statue of a satyr
The Dancing Faun bronze statue is a celebrated Hellenistic-style Roman sculpture of a dancing satyr, renowned as one of the finest artworks discovered in Pompeii.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dancing Faun from the Villa of the Papyri | 1 |
| Dancing Faun statue | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic-style sculpture
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ancient Roman bronze sculpture ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ statue of a satyr ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
1st century BCE
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2nd century BCE ⓘ |
| artHistoricalPeriod | Hellenistic style ⓘ |
| artMovement | Hellenistic-influenced Roman art ⓘ |
| associatedSite | Roman city of Pompeii ⓘ |
| associatedWith | House of the Faun mosaic program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Hellenistic-style Roman sculpture
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Pompeii finds ⓘ Roman bronze statuary ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved ⓘ |
| culture | Roman ⓘ |
| currentLocation | National Archaeological Museum of Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfDiscovery | 1830 ⓘ |
| depicts |
dancing satyr
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faun ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Pompeii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | archaeologists excavating Pompeii ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Campania
NERFINISHED
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House of the Faun NERFINISHED ⓘ Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Pompeii NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | mythological sculpture ⓘ |
| hasReproductions | numerous modern replicas ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.29 m ⓘ |
| iconography | satyr in mid-dance with raised arms ⓘ |
| inCollection | Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | 19th-century Neoclassical taste for Pompeian art ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Italy
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Naples NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | bronze ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the finest artworks discovered in Pompeii
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dynamic dancing pose ⓘ expressive movement ⓘ high-quality bronze casting ⓘ |
| originalFunction | domestic decoration ⓘ |
| originalSetting | atrium of the House of the Faun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectType | mythological figure ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | major highlight of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples collection ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dancing Faun statue
this entity surface form:
Dancing Faun from the Villa of the Papyri