Male Deer
Maker
Fonderia Chiurazzi
(Italian, founded 1870)
Dateearly 20th century
MediumBronze
Dimensions37 x 30 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (94 x 77.5 x 26.7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN5126
This is one of a pair of naturalistically rendered young male deer found in 1756 at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum. Their placement in the villa’s garden, together with other animals and Dionysiac figures, was in keeping with the Roman taste for feral subjects typical of Hellenistic sculpture.
On View
On viewLocation
- Museum of Art, Courtyard
Set/Set