• Bertel Thorvaldsen

  1770-1844

Pan and a Satyr

• Production Date

  Presumably 1832 - 1833

• Type of Work / Object

  Sculpture > Relief

• Location

  • Denmark > Copenhagen > Thorvaldsens Museum > Main Floor > Room 10

• Inventory Number

  A352

• Catalogue Number

  A352

• Catalogue Level / Collection

  Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (A)

Explanation

• Pan is half human and half animal and can therefore be recognised by his goat legs, horns and beard. He is the god of shepherds and is here teaching a small satyr to play a reed pipe.

Motif / Theme

• Animal > Mythological animals > Satyr / Faun
• Animal > Mythological animals > Satyr / Faun > Pan / Faunus

Additional Catalogue Information