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Unknown — A Bronze Figure of Pan, late Hellenistic/early Roman, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.
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A Bronze Figure of Pan, late Hellenistic/early Roman, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

This bronze statuette depicts Pan, the Greco-Roman god of the wild and pastoral landscapes, rendered in the naturalistic style characteristic of late Hellenistic sculpture. The figure demonstrates the period's technical mastery of bronze casting, capturing the deity's hybrid nature with carefully observed anatomical detail despite his mythological features. Such portable bronzes were popular luxury objects among wealthy Romans and attest to the continued reverence for Greek religious imagery during the early imperial period.

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Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

December 3, 2024

Estimate: $10,000$15,000

Lot 426

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Unknown, A Bronze Figure of Pan, late Hellenistic/early Roman, circa 1st Century B.C./1st Century A.D.

This bronze statuette depicts Pan, the Greco-Roman god of the wild and pastoral landscapes, rendered in the naturalistic style characteristic of late Hellenistic sculpture. The figure demonstrates the period's technical mastery of bronze casting, capturing the deity's hybrid nature with carefully observed anatomical detail despite his mythological features. Such portable bronzes were popular luxury objects among wealthy Romans and attest to the continued reverence for Greek religious imagery during the early imperial period.

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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Pan, Bronze Sculpture, Roman Period, Three Dimensional Form, Hellenistic, Greek, Playful, Classical Mythology, Figurative, 1st Century BC-AD

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art