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One of a pair of plaster statues from classical antiquity, this is a late eighteenth-century copy in plaster after the antique marble in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. The faun (possibly more accurately described as a satyr) is naked, holds metal cymbala in his hands and wears a kroupezion attached to his right sandal. The kroupezion is a special shoe in the form of a percussion instrument which incorporates a metal clapper. The figure's faunlike features are visible in the tiny horns above his forehead, and in the small goat's tail at his rear. His head is bent over and he looks down to his left as he plays, absorbed in his music. The original was recorded as being in the Tribuna of the Uffizi in Florence by 1688. It was sent to Palermo in 1800 to avoid French seizure but returned to Florence by 1803.
National Trust, Knole
Sevenoaks
Title
Dancing Faun
Date
1775–1799
Medium
plaster
Measurements
H 147 x W 87 x D 42 cm
Accession number
130063.1
Acquisition method
on loan from a private collection
Work type
Statue
National Trust, Knole
Sevenoaks, Kent TN15 0RP England
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