Borstbeeld van een lachende faun
Can I see it?
Unknown
Where is “Borstbeeld van een lachende faun” now? Collection: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Unknown.
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
This is a reduced copy in bronze of a famous ancient marble sculpture, the so-called Albani Faun. Such copies were extremely popular among tourists visiting Italy and were therefore produced by countless artists. The faun, a sylvan demigod from Classical mythology, can be recognized by his goat’s horns and grin.
Rijksmuseum
Details
- Accession number
- BK-16945
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
