Pan

Roman, circa 2nd century AD
Marble
H.: 92 cm. - W.: 30 cm. - D.: 24 cm.
Restorations from the 18th century

Provenance:

In a European private collection from the 18th century,
based on the restoration techniques.
Then in the collection of Eugène Piot (1812-1890).
Sold in Paris, “Catalogue des objets d’art et d’antiquités [...] collection d’Eugène Piot”, 25-30 April 1864, lot 1.
Then in the collection of Julien Gréau (1810-1895), Paris, probably acquired at the previous sale.
Drouot Paris, “Collection de J. Gréau. Catalogue des terres cuites grecques, vases peints et marbres antiques”, 11-16 May 1891, lot 1338.

Publications:

- F. Franck, L’Art Ancien, Photographies des Collections Célèbres, vol. IX, Paris, 1868.
- W. Froehner, Collection J. Gréau. Terres cuites grecques, vases peints et marbres antiques, H. Hoffmann, Paris, 1891, vol. III, no. 1338.
- P. Arndt and G. Lippold, Photographische Einzelaufnahmen antiker Sculpturen, Serie XVIIB, Munich, 1947, no. 5002.
- C. C. Vermeule, The Dal Pozzo-Albani Drawings of Classical Antiquities in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle in Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1966, vol. 56, p. 58.
- V. Saladino, Satiri e Priapi a palazzo Medici-Riccardi con un’appendice su Marsia e Pan in Iconografia 2005 (Venezia, 26-28 gennaio 2005), I. Colpo, I. Favaretto, and F. Ghedini, Rome, 2006, p. 294, note 27.