Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00010769Young Satyress Running with an Owl's Nest and Young Satyr Running with an Owl (pair of statuettes)
by Clodion
Also known as: Les Dénicheurs; The Bird's Nester; Pair of Statuettes Representing Youthful Fauns
About the Artwork
These works by the French sculptor Claude Michel, called Clodion, show a pair of young satyrs. Clodion was fond of depicting characters from classical antiquity in his work, and the subject of child or baby satyrs in Bacchanalian celebrations appears often in the work of Rococo artists. The female satyr wraps a plump arm around a nest filled with baby birds, while her male counterpart holds an owl. Balancing on one foot, the two flee the scene of their theft.
Inscriptions
signature incised on back: CLODION.
Provenance
Private collection, France Arnold Seligman and Rey and Co., Paris, France -1929: French and Co., New York, New York, sold to Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss 1929-1944: Elisabeth Severance Prentiss [Mrs. Francis Fleury Prentiss] (1865–1944), Cleveland Heights, Ohio), upon her death, held in trust by the estate. 1944: Estate of Elizabeth Severance Prentiss, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1944-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history
Clodion. Musée du Louvre, Paris, France (March 17-June 29, 1992).
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
- 1770s
- Medium
- terracotta
- Dimensions
- Overall: 32.1 x 14.8 x 18.1 cm (12 5/8 x 5 13/16 x 7 1/8 in.); with base: 45.1 cm (17 3/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection
- Accession no.
- 1944.129
More by Clodion in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00010769
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