BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF PAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:41 PM GMT
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A ROMAN MARBLE FIGURE OF PAN, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
twisting his body with both arms held high, his raised left leg probably formerly resting on a rocky outcrop, his head with pointed ears and unruly hair, an animal skin covering his back and falling over the left knee; lower part of face restored in plaster.
Height 30 cm.
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Eugene J. Dimet (1932-2014), Lewiston, New York, acquired in the 1970s (Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, New York, March 19th, 2016, no. 507, illus.)
acquired at the above sale by the present owner
The present or a similar figure (in the round or in relief) was obviously the inspiration for the figure of Pan on a painting attributed to Matteo Balducci (ca. 1500-1555) in Gubbio: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Matteo_balducci_(attr.),_baccanale,_1500-50_circa_01.JPG
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The raised arms could have held the long double flute: cf. the pose of the piping Silenos on a relief in Turin: http://arachne.uni-koeln.de/item/marbilderbestand/889505). For a piping Pan see a sarcophagus in the Louvre: F. Matz, Die dionysischen Sarkophage (Die antiken Sarkophagreliefs, vol. IV,3), 1969, pl. 238. For the pose also see a sarcophagus fragment: Christie's, New York, April 18th, 2018, no. 4.