Busacca Gallery

A spectacularly beautiful and Large outdoor Playful Serene sculpture of motherhood, protection, and love. Antique vintage large art bronze "Pan/Satyrs" statue victorian. The sculpture would be a fantastic centerpiece in a garden fountain. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Pan became a significant figure in the Romantic movement of western Europe and also in the 20th-century Neopagan movement. Pan is associated with a mother goddess, perhaps Rhea or Cybele; Pindar refers to maidens worshipping Cybele and Pan near the poet's house in Boeotia. Dimensions: 48”H x 32”L x 22”D / Beautiful patina. Weighs over 300 lbs. Tofanari (1886-1969)

The Mother Satyr here depicted is a true masterpiece of bronze casting, almost in its entire surface chiseled with incredible refinement: the hairy legs, the horns, the grapes the little faun is holding, the turtle's carapace on which both are sitting.
Overall the piece, though having a subject almost scary, wild, and fantastic, conveys a deep and docile sentiment of motherhood, protection, and love. Tofanari is recognized as one of the foremost sculptors of the Animalier movement in Italy. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence but abandoned his studies to travel first to Paris and then London where he continued to pursue sculpture. He spent time studying animals at London Zoo and the Natural History Museum and incorporated his observations in his works. In 1937 Tofanari moved to Milan, where he stayed until his death. His works are now housed in various museums across Italy and internationally. Please examine all photographs, they are part of the description.

Being a rustic god, Pan was not worshipped in temples or other built edifices, but in natural settings, usually caves or grottoes. In Roman religion and myth, Pan's counterpart was Faunus, a nature god who was the father of Bona Dea, sometimes identified as Fauna; he was also closely associated with Sylvanus, due to their similar relationships with woodlands. In the 18th and 19th centuries, Pan became a significant figure in the Romantic movement of western Europe and also in the 20th-century Neopagan movement.

Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_(god)

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan / Ancient Greek: romanized: Pán / is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also recognized as the god of fields, groves, wooded glens and often affiliated with sex; because of this, Pan is connected to fertility and the season of spring. The word panic ultimately derives from the god's name.