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Young Satyr Running with an Owl
1770s
(French, 1738–1814)
Overall: 32 x 15.2 x 16.4 cm (12 5/8 x 6 x 6 7/16 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.129.2
Location: 216B French and German
Description
These works by French sculptor Claude Michel, known as Clodion (1738–1814), shows a pair of young satyrs. Clodion was fond of depicting characters from classical antiquity in his work, and the subject of child or baby satyrs in Bacchanalian celebrations appear often in the work of Rococo artists. The female satyr wraps a plump arm around a nest filled with baby birds, while her male counterpart holds an owl. Balancing on one foot, the two flee the scene of their theft.- Private collection, FranceArnold Seligman and Rey and Co., Paris, France-1929French and Co., New York, New York, sold to Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss1929-1944Elisabeth Severance Prentiss [Mrs. Francis Fleury Prentiss] (1865–1944), Cleveland Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate.1944Estate of Elizabeth Severance Prentiss, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1944-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection : Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Reproduced: p. [57], Plate XXV, cat. no. 37; Mentioned: p. 50, 55, cat. no. 37 archive.orgClodion, and Anne L. Poulet. Clodion, 1738-1814: Musée du Louvre, Paris, 17 mars-29 juin 1992. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1992. pp. 135-37, cat. no. 17
- Clodion. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (March 17-June 29, 1992).
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