Barberini Faun | |
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![]() The Barberini Faun | |
Artist | Giuseppe Giorgetti: Restoration |
Year | 2nd century BC |
Catalogue | 11.2 |
Type | Sculpture |
Medium | Marble |
Location | Glyptothek, Munich |
The life-size[1] ancient but much restored marble statue known as the Barberini Faun, Fauno Barberini or Drunken Satyr is now in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany. A faun is the Roman equivalent of a Greek satyr. In Greek mythology, satyrs were human-like male woodland spirits with several animal features, often a goat-like tail, hooves, ears, or horns. Satyrs attended Dionysus.[citation needed]