The Faun Collective

This post is simply a photo gallery. All pics taken by Furvus on his various travels over the last several years, as he noticed and recorded miscellaneous representations of his extended family. 

One of several similar large Fauns
 in Rome's Capitoline Museum. 

Capitoline Museum, Rome.

Rome seems an appropriate place to start. The Faun is, of course, a creature of Roman mythology. He’s closely related to the Greek Satyr, and for the purposes of these pictures, I’m treating them as the same.

Angel and Demon?
Sistine Museum, Vatican City.

Sitting Satyr.
Sistine Museum, Vatican City.

Now south to Naples, and the ancient Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

These two Fauns, sheltering from the rain, are part of an extremely rickety arch in Naples.

Sarcophagus detail.
Naples Archaeological Museum.

Surprise! A female Faun. Naples.

Faun in Pompeii. He's got horns but not hooves.
This is a reproduction; the original's in Naples

Faun detail.
Original, from the House of the Faun in Pompeii,
now in Naples Archaeological Museum.

Off to northern Italy now, and Renaissance Florence.

Faun in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Faun in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.

Sneaky pic, 'cos of  "No pictures."
Florence.

One of several Fauns adorning the
Fountain of Neptune, Piazza della Signoria,
Florence.

East to Greece. Athens had a plethora of statues of gods and heroes for sale in the tourist shops. The real stuff is in the Archaeological Museum. 

Faun wearing a cloak.
Athens Archaeological
Museum.

Athena and Pan.
Athens Archaeological Museum.

Several gods and heroes showed up at Pan's house.
Athens Archaeological Museum.

Cyprus is also Mediterranean, with a long history, so it’s hardly surprising that as we move yet further east, the odd Faun crops up here as well.

Pan mosaic in the House of Dionysos,
Pafos, Cyprus.

Moving further north to eastern Europe: Hungary, and the early 20th century. Almost no Fauns in Budapest at all, except a little bronze Pan in a closed antique shop and a couple of Fauns holding up part of the Budapest opera house.

 

Opera House façade, Budapest.

Opera House façade, Budapest.

Now, yet further north to Scandinavia. Several fauns in evidence in Denmark.

You don't get female Fauns for ages, 

then several come along all at once. 

Rosenborg palace, Copenhagen.

Wine-loving Faun. (Is there another type?)
Copenhagen.

Copenhagen Glyptotek Museum.

Faun tapestry.
Rosenborg Palace, Copenhagen.

Faun tapestry.
Rosenborg Palace, Copenhagen