"Satiro Della Valle”

"Satiro Della Valle"
Type: 
Sculpture
Year: 
From an original of the Hellenistic period
Material and technique: 
Marble
Size: 
cm 279
Origin: 
From Rome, near the Theater of Pompey in Campus Martius
Inventory: 
inv. MC0004

Masterpieces of the hall

The hall

Palazzo Nuovo - Cortile

The large central niche in the end wall features a large fountain with the colossal statue of a River god, known as Marforio. 
The three large grey granite pillars with a relief frieze portraying Egyptian high priests originate from the sanctuary of Isis and Serapis in the Campus Martius

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