Satyr Awakens Daphnis
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Basic information
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture (relief) sculpture (plaquette)
- Genre
- mythological painting
- Plot
- Mythological Scene
- Provenance
- Collection of Leon Pininski
Information about author
Object description
A mythological scene, interpreted in a unique way by the author. According to legend, a mother left her newborn son Daphnis (son of Apollo) under a laurel tree, where he fell asleep, but was found by nymphs who then raised him. In this work, young Daphnis is awakened by a satyr. The foreground composition features children's figures in the left and central parts. In the centre is a naked child with a wreath on his head, sleeping while sitting under a tree with sprawling branches (young Daphnis). On the left is a goat-legged child (Satyr) trying to wake the sleeping boy by poking him in the thigh with a stick. On the right, the composition is completed by a tree and a bush. In terms of style and execution, the work belongs to the era of Louis XV, characterised by the Rococo style.
Inscriptions
On the reverse side inscriptions read: "П/2-138."; "№ С-ІІ-674 Львів ОКГ"; "№ С-ІІ-6274 Львів ОКГ".
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
