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Torso of a Dancing Faun Artist Unknown (Graeco-Roman) (Italy/Greece, Europe), 1st century Marble Anatomy Sculpture, Roman Statue, Classic Sculpture, Greek Statues, Roman Sculpture, Greek Sculpture, Ancient Sculpture, 1st Century, Marble Statues

This muscled male torso, with a small tail and twisting pose, is the remnant of a dancing faun. The statue type is known from around 40 surviving ancient Roman copies after a Greek prototype and from ancient coins depicting the sculpture which help us reconstruct the work’s original appearance. This faun would have had tiny horns above his forehead and a kroupezion, or clapper, worn on his foot. His raised right hand and lowered left probably held cymbals, although variants also show him…

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