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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Sculpture Group of Pan and a Goat
Alternate Title:
Gruppo statuario raffigurante Pan ed una capra
Image View:
Shown in the gallery as it would have been in a garden
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 27709
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19; Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete or Gabinetto Segreto)
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
before 79 CE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Roman (ancient)
Style Period:
Imperial (Roman)
Work Type 1:
sculpture (visual work)
Classification:
Sculpture and Installations
Material:
marble
Technique:
carving (processes)
Measurements:
44.42 cm (height) x 49 cm (width) x 47 cm (depth)
Subjects:
animal; mythology (Classical); erotica
Description:
The Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete) or Secret Room is the name of the Bourbon Monarchy gave the private rooms in which they held their fairly extensive collection of erotic or sexual items, mostly deriving from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum. Limiting viewership and censorship have always been part of the history of the collection. The small group from the Villa dei Papiri, discovered in 1752, depicts the god Pan in the act of coupling with a goat. This was possibly the most censored work in the collection; only the king was permitted to see it before it was locked in a cupboard and hidden even from the eyes of Winckelman. (Source: Naples National Archaeological Museum [website]; http://cir.campania. beniculturali.it/mus eoarcheologiconazion ale)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-XC-SG-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Sculpture Group of Pan and a Goat