Statue of a Pouring Satyr

The statue depicts the nude figure of a youthful satyr who stands frontally, holding over his head with his right hand a now-missing pitcher from which he would have seemed to pour wine into the drinking vessel once held in his left hand (also now missing). The satyr stands in a naturalistic contrapposto stance, with his weight shifted onto his left leg, and his right knee slightly bent. He looks downward at his lowered hand. His hair is short and tousled, and a fillet and wreath surround the crown of his head. A support in the shape of a truncated tree is present behind his left leg. It is carved naturalistically with knobs and the remnants of sawn limbs. The head and right hand are restorations added in the seventeenth or eighteenth century. The penis is also a modern restoration. The statue is a Roman copy of Praxiteles' Pouring Satyr.