Samuel wagstaff jr american 1921 1987 sold to the j.
The marble faun statue.
The marble faun novel by nathaniel hawthorne published in 1860.
Duquesnoy s completion of antiques was acclaimed in rome as absolutely perfect.
The marble faun written on the eve of the american civil war is set in a fantastical italy.
It is one of the works hawthorne called romances unrealistic stories in exotic settings.
A marble statue of a young man leaning against a tree stump.
The life size marble statue known as the barberini faun fauno barberini or drunken satyr is located in the glyptothek in munich germany.
The romance mixes elements of a fable pastoral gothic novel and travel guide.
The rondanini fawn is a marble sculpture by flemish artist françois duquesnoy it is part of the collection at the british museum in london.
A faun is the roman equivalent of a greek satyr.
In greek mythology satyrs were human like male woodland spirits with several animal features often a goat like tail hooves ears or horns.
The novel s central metaphor is a statue of a faun by praxiteles that hawthorne had seen in rome.
Paul getty museum 1984.
The effect of crime.
In the faun s fusing of animal and human.
This information is published from the museum s collection database.
The rondanini faun was built on an ancient torso completed by duquesnoy between 1625 and 1630.
The fact that all characters are somewhat connected to the art world can be seen as a plot device to allow the metaphors of art and human psyche to flow more naturally.