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AT-00010708Satyress and Child
by Clodion
About the Artwork
Born in Nancy to a family of artists, Clodion was one of the leading French sculptors of the ancien régime and Napoleonic era. He went to Paris to study sculpture in 1755 and worked in Rome from 1767 to 1771. Although inspired by the art of classical antiquity, as seen in the mythological subject of this terracotta relief, Clodion continued to model forms with a softness and delicacy reflective of his training during the Rococo period.
Inscriptions
inscribed recto lower right: CLODION; inscribed verso: A/L'ami Jean/Souvenir offert/ en mai/ 1803.
Provenance
Henri B.-Lasquin (sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, December 4-6, 1919, lot. 240 Private collection, (sold, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, December 5, 1929, lot 25 Blumka Gallery (New York, New York), by exchange for 1915.387, 1915.72, and 1915.74 (all originally gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. King) , to the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Exhibition history
Year in Review (1963). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964). Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 23-October 31, 1964). The Persistence of Classicism in Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 16, 1988-January 15, 1989).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Clodion (French, 1738–1814)
- Date
- 1803
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 30.7 cm (12 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph King
- Accession no.
- 1963.251
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