Satyr with Crotales
Ukendt
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Date:
C. 300 BC
Type:
Statue
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
The bronze statue was cast after a Roman marble copy in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence. The no longer surviving original was from c. 300 BC.
Placement
Address:
The Ørsted Park
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wensche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 54-55. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 30. Charles Haugbøll: Ørstedsparken, København 1933, 30, 38-39, 49. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 7-8, 10. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 66. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 220. Jens Peter Munk: Bronze & granit. Monumenter i Københavns Kommune, København 2005, 166-67
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Description
The satyr is making sounds with metal cymbala and a metallic piece attached to the bottom of one sandal, a krupezion. With his idiosyncratic music-making he was seeking to tempt the nymphs to dance. Originally, a nymph sat oposite to him, tying her sandal. The krupezion is the addition of the Roman sculptor.
In Greek mythology, the satyrs were impudent and sensuous creatures who accompanied the god of wine, Dionysus (Bacchus). This satyr is presumably intoxicated, as a result of which his wild, coarse personality with a grimace making his face look like that of an animal becomes more apparent. He has curly hair and two small horns in his forehead.