Head of a Satyr / Man
Roman
mid-3rd century
Marble
Overall: 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Hood Museum of Art Acquisitions Fund
S.976.271
Geography
Place Made: Italy, Europe
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Classical World
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
CLST 12.03, ANTH 13.01, Who Owns the Past?, Julie Hruby and Jesse Casana, Winter 2020
CLST 06, Introduction to Classical Archaeology, Flint Dibble, Fall 2020
ARTH 12.05, Roman Art, Ada Cohen, Winter 2022
Exhibition History
Acquisitions 1974-1978, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss & Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, December 8, 1978-January 21, 1979.
Ancient Profiles: Sculpture, Prints, and Coins from the Permanent Collection, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Art History 1, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 1-December 17, 1997.
Artifacts of the Roman Empire, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 18-November 5, 1990.
Ave Auguste: A Selection from the Collection, Barrows Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, April 1-May 15, 1983.
Classical Treasures, Rotunda Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 18-January 22, 1978.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 13, 2000-February 7, 2005.
Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 19-November 30, 2008.
Glimpses of Ancient Life, Highlights from the Hood Museum of Art's Collection of Ancient Art, Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985 Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 19, 2000.
Publication History
Fine Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and Classical Antiquities, Sale 3934, lot 132, ill., Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, December 11, 1976.
Provenance
Unidentified private collector, New York, unknown-1976; Fine Egyptian, Western Asiatic, and Classical Antiquities, Sale 3934, lot 132, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, December 11, 1976; sold to present collection, 1976.
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