A Marble Torso of a Satyr Having a Thorn Removed from his Foot, Roman Imperial, circa 2nd Century A.D.

based on a Hellenistic sculpture of the 2nd/1st Century B.C., the satyr seated on a rocky outcrop with his left leg raised, a panther below.

acquired by the present owner from the estate sale of art dealer Michel Jeuillard (1955-2008), Blois, who acquired the sculpture in the 1970s

A shown, back in much the same condition of as the front, note chipped fingers of satyr and damaged head and foreleg of panther, tail of satyr fragmentary, rust stains on panther's haunches and below satyr's neck, hairline cracks radiating from rusty iron pin still stuck in satyr's neck.
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The present torso formed part of a group showing the goat-legged god Pan, also seated, carefully removing a thorn from a young satyr's foot. For a more complete example see M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, 1961, fig. 633. Also see N. Marquardt, Pan in der hellenistischen und kaiserzeitlichen Plastik, 1995, pp. 212-220, for a list of other known replicas and fragments, and pp. 220-226, for a discussion of the group.