Skip to main content

Seated Female Satyr

(French, 1759–1834)
about 1790
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta with self-base
DimensionsOverall: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Other (diam of self-base): 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2221
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
InscriptionsNone
ProvenanceRothschild collection, London [see note 1]. 1947, Wildenstein and Co., New York; September 10, 1947, sold by Wildenstein to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] This provenance was provided by Wildenstein and Co. at the time of the object's acquisition by Forsyth Wickes (September 10, 1947). Whether Wildenstein had acquired it directly from the Rothschild family is not known.
Joseph-Charles Marin
early 19th century
Leda and the Swan
Joseph-Charles Marin
early 19th century
Bust of a man
Unknown French, 18th century
about 1780–90
Head of a Negro Boy
William Artis
1939
Pieta (Bozetto)
Charles Hoyau
about 1625
Construction
Lucio Fontana
1964
Le Printemps
Jules Desbois
1893
Ivory unicorn
Louis Féron
Architecture
Giambologna (Jean Boulogne)
about 1600
Portrait bust of a Man
Joseph Chinard
about 1795
Group shot: 2012.931.1-2
Unknown maker
about 1700-1710
"Amberina" pitcher
Joseph Locke
1883–88