Young satyrs singing and dancing around a satyr bust - 1873 sanguine drawing
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Young satyrs singing and dancing around a satyr bust.
Sanguine drawing dated on 29th January 1873 in cyrillic characters.
Description: interesting drawing with three satyr children singing and dancing around a satyr bust (maybe God Pan from Greek mithology) while two adult satyrs are speaking behind the statue. Numbered on paper as 58.
Artist: unknown. Some other drawings signed with 'E.'.
Size: 42,5x44.5 cms
Condition: good.
Over the course of Greek history, satyrs gradually became portrayed as more human and less bestial. They also began to acquire goat-like characteristics in some depictions as a result of conflation with the Pans, plural forms of the god Pan with the legs and horns of goats. The Romans identified satyrs with their native nature spirits, fauns. Eventually the distinction between the two was lost entirely. Since the Renaissance, satyrs have been most often represented with the legs and horns of goats.
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Young satyrs singing and dancing around a satyr bust.
Sanguine drawing dated on 29th January 1873 in cyrillic characters.
Description: interesting drawing with three satyr children singing and dancing around a satyr bust (maybe God Pan from Greek mithology) while two adult satyrs are speaking behind the statue. Numbered on paper as 58.
Artist: unknown. Some other drawings signed with 'E.'.
Size: 42,5x44.5 cms
Condition: good.
Over the course of Greek history, satyrs gradually became portrayed as more human and less bestial. They also began to acquire goat-like characteristics in some depictions as a result of conflation with the Pans, plural forms of the god Pan with the legs and horns of goats. The Romans identified satyrs with their native nature spirits, fauns. Eventually the distinction between the two was lost entirely. Since the Renaissance, satyrs have been most often represented with the legs and horns of goats.