Resting Satyr

Capitoline Faun, exemplar from the Capitoline Museums, c. 130 AD (inv. 739)
Ruspoli Faun, Munich Glyptothek (inv. 228)

The Resting Satyr or Leaning Satyr, also known as the Satyr anapauomenos (in ancient Greek ἀναπαυόμενος, from ἀναπαύω / anapaúô, to rest) is a statue type generally attributed to the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles. Some 115 examples of the type are known, of which the best known is in the Capitoline Museums.

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