A Drunken Faun
Anders J. Kolberg
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Date:
1857
Type:
Statue
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Placement
Address:
Gyldenløvesgade near Sankt Jørgens Sø
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wesche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 15. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 28. Danmarks Billedkunst, red. V. Thorlacius-Ussing, København 1950, 371. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 9, 16. 27. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 78. Dyveke Helsted, Torben Holck Colding & Torben Melander: Albertina. Et legats historie gennem 100 år 1879-1979, København 1979, 72-73. Peter Bak Rasmussen & Jens Peter Munk: Skulpturer i København, København 1999, 52-53
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Description
The dancing faun is pouring wine into his mouth from a ram's horn. The wine skin he is holding is as empty as he is drunk. In Roman mythology, fauns or satyrs are children of the gertility gods Faunus and Fauna.
During his visit to Italy in the 1840s, Kolberg was inspired by the art of antiquity, not least by the small Pompeiian bronzes, as can be seen here
