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Dancing Faun   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Massimiliano Soldani Benzi and workshop  (1656–1740)  wikidata:Q3297734
 
Massimiliano Soldani Benzi and workshop
Alternative names
Massimiliano Soldani
Description Italian sculptor and medalist
Date of birth/death 15 July 1656 Edit this at Wikidata 23 February 1740 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Montevarchi Montevarchi
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Dancing Faun
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English: The faun (a creature of the woodlands in Greco-Roman mythology, identified by his horns and pointed ears) plays the cymbals and works a clapper with his right foot. Soldani made multiple versions in different sizes of this figure, a copy of a famous life-size ancient Hellenistic marble statue, which was already in the Uffizi gallery in Florence. This small size is perfect for a collector, as it can be easily picked up. This statuette can be compared with the two groups by Soldani: "Adonis Mourned by Venus and Cupids" (Walters 54.677) and "The Dead Christ Mourned by the Virgin and an Angel" (Walters 54.1066). They all share an attention to the tactile qualities of the surface, but the others are complex pieces that demonstrate his artistic imagination and originality in composition.
Date circa 1705
date QS:P571,+1705-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium bronze with brown varnish patina
Dimensions height: 29.4 cm (11.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,29.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
54.674
Place of creation Florence, Italy
Object history
  • Caruso Collection Sale, American Art Association, New York, 1923, no. 1003 [as Paduan]
  • Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of aquisition unknown], by purchase
  • 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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