Striding Pan
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall (confirmed): 14 1/8 × 6 1/4 × 4 3/4 in. (35.9 × 15.9 × 12.1 cm) Base (confirmed): 7 in. × 6 3/4 in. × 7 in. (17.8 × 17.1 × 17.8 cm)
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Purchase, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, Ogden Mills and George Blumenthal, Bequest of Julia H. Manges and Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, by exchange; and Rogers and Pfeiffer Funds, 1982
Art Genome Taxonomy
10 tags
Subject Matter
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Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Both · 98%
The catalog identifies the subject as satyrs, while the image shows a humanlike torso and face combined with horns, shaggy lower limbs, and hoof-like feet.
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Classical Mythology Both · 96%
The title identifies the figure as Pan and the catalog identifies satyrs; the horned human-animal form visually supports this mythological subject.
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Human Figure Visual · 99%
The central subject is a fully modeled standing figure with an articulated head, torso, arms, and legs.
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Movement Both · 93%
The title describes a striding Pan, and the image shows an asymmetrical stance with separated legs, a turned torso, and a raised bent arm.
Visual Qualities
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Asymmetrical Visual · 95%
The uneven leg positions, raised arm, projecting carried objects, and twisting torso create an off-center, asymmetrical arrangement.
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Highly Detailed Visual · 97%
The image shows finely modeled facial features, beard, hair, horns, musculature, shaggy lower limbs, and ribbed objects.
Medium and Techniques
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Sculpture Both · 99%
The catalog classifies the work as a statuette and Sculpture-Bronze; the image clearly shows a freestanding, fully modeled three-dimensional figure.
Time Periods
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16th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the work to 1530–1539.
Geographic Regions
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Italian Art Metadata · 98%
The artist display identifies Briosco as Italian, with the associated locations of Trent and Padua.
Materials
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Bronze Metadata · 99%
Bronze is specified as the medium in the museum catalog. The image shows a dark reflective metal surface, though the alloy cannot be identified from the image alone.
Source & rights
Andrea Briosco, called Riccio. Striding Pan. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.