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Kneeling Satyr
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About this work
Greek and Roman art and literature typically used satyrs as a form of grotesque comic relief, but Renaissance artists adopted them as jovial celebratory figures of nature and revelry.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineKneeling Satyr, c. 1520. Severo da Ravenna (Italian, c.1496–c.1543). Bronze; overall: 23.4 cm (9 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1985.86
