Plaster cast

Museum number:
21-48
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
8-5048 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.193
Object count:
1
Description:
Cast of terminal figure of Pan, wearing a nebris knotted on his left shoulder over tunic. A tiny boy (putto) perches on his right shoulder. The god has pointed ears, horns, and a goatee, like certain modern idealizations of Satan. He teases the child with an offer of fruit. Location: Vatican Museum
Donor:
Alfred Emerson
Collection place:
Mercatali Brothers workshop, Rome, Lazio
Verbatim coll. place:
Mercatali Bros., Rome
Collector:
Alfred Emerson
Collection date:
ca. 1904
Person depicted:
Pan (Greek and Roman deity)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1905
Department:
Casts and molds
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-48, described as Cast of terminal figure of Pan, wearing a nebris knotted on his left shoulder over tunic. A tiny boy (putto) perches on his right shoulder. The god has pointed ears, horns, and a goatee, like certain modern idealizations of Satan. He teases the child with an offer of fruit. Location: Vatican MuseumHearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-48, described as Cast of terminal figure of Pan, wearing a nebris knotted on his left shoulder over tunic. A tiny boy (putto) perches on his right shoulder. The god has pointed ears, horns, and a goatee, like certain modern idealizations of Satan. He teases the child with an offer of fruit. Location: Vatican Museum
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-48, described as Cast of terminal figure of Pan, wearing a nebris knotted on his left shoulder over tunic. A tiny boy (putto) perches on his right shoulder. The god has pointed ears, horns, and a goatee, like certain modern idealizations of Satan. He teases the child with an offer of fruit. Location: Vatican MuseumDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Plaster cast, accession number 21-48, described as Cast of terminal figure of Pan, wearing a nebris knotted on his left shoulder over tunic. A tiny boy (putto) perches on his right shoulder. The god has pointed ears, horns, and a goatee, like certain modern idealizations of Satan. He teases the child with an offer of fruit. Location: Vatican Museum

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