Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Satyr and Nymph
Alternate Title:
Satiro e Ninfa
Image View:
Overall view from front
Creator:
unknown (Roman (ancient))
Location:
repository: Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples, Campania, Italy) 152873
Location Note:
Piazza Museo 19; Secret Cabinet (Gabbinete or Gabinetto Segreto)
GPS:
40.853378 14.250486
Date:
ca. 1st-2nd centuries 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:
0.99 m (height)
Subjects:
human figure; mythology (Classical); archaeology; symplegma; erotic art
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. Found in Pollena Trocchia, at the excavations of what appears to be a small shrine at via San Gennariello in 1963. The dating of the group is problematic because of the destruction of the heads and arms. Also found was a statue of Dionysus. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-R-NAM-XC-SN-A01
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Satyr and Nymph