Mid 19th Bronze Sculpture Italian Faun With Flutes

Large patinated bronze subject representing the Faun with flutes, Italy, Rome, mid-19th century.

This beautiful sculpture is inspired by a Greek original and represents a young faun determined to play a kind of flute called "aulos" by the Greeks.
The faun was a divinity who, according to myth, did not reside on Olympus, but in the woods and intimidated anyone who disturbed him with his frightening voice. The god of fields and pastures is at the center of several legends also about his origins. One of his stories considers him the son of Zeus and the nymph Callisto.

He represented nature as a whole, for better and for worse. God of fertility and unbridled freedom, he is credited with the birth of the flute. Indeed, it is said that the nymph Syringa, to escape them, invoked the help of the Naiads and was thus transformed by them into marsh reeds. The faun, listening to the sound emitted by the breath of the wind, decided to build the instrument.

Very good state of conservation, original patina.

Measurements
H tot cm 61
H bronze cm 57
P bronze cm 39
L bronze cm 25
Base cm 22.5 x 22.5 H cm 4

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