03 — ARTWORK
Faun
- MEDIUM
- Terracotta, height 35 cm
- TYPE
- Mythological
PALETTE
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- FILE
- 850 × 1354 px · JPEG
COMMENTARY
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This statuette, together with a statuette of BacchusIn Greek and Roman mythology, the god of wine and fertility. Bacchic rites were often orgiastic. in the same collection, belonged to the same ensembleA combining of several media grouped together to form a composite art work. Chapels were among the most notable Renaissance ensembles, sometimes combining panel painting, fresco, sculpture, and architecture. of which the group of Bacchanal was part. They have the same late 18th-century wooden bases which would indicate that they were not separated only after this. Additional surviving figures from this ensemble of Bacchants are not known. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 11 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/19_cent/debussy_faune.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>
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@online{wga-r1bbed16bdfdf05,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Faun by XAVERY, Pieter},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/xavery-pieter-r17b8154a290645/faun-r1bbed16bdfdf05},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
