39 - Pan Copulating with a Goat
Resin
Copy of the original found in Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum
Naples, Mann
Pan was a satyr - half man and half goat woodland god. In this sculpture, he and the goat exchange a tender gaze, but it is not depicting bestiality. Rather, it explores the nature of Roman myth. The original of this sculpture has been shocking visitors sinc it was first excavated from the villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, near Pompeii, in 1752. In the Naples Museum, it was kept with other erotic antiquities in the Gabinetto segreto (secret cabinet); that is, a special room with restricted access.
39 - Pan Copulating with a Goat
Resin
Copy of the original found in Villa of the Papyri, Herculaneum
Naples, Mann
Pan was a satyr - half man and half goat woodland god. In this sculpture, he and the goat exchange a tender gaze, but it is not depicting bestiality. Rather, it explores the nature of Roman myth. The original of this sculpture has been shocking visitors sinc it was first excavated from the villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, near Pompeii, in 1752. In the Naples Museum, it was kept with other erotic antiquities in the Gabinetto segreto (secret cabinet); that is, a special room with restricted access.