Drawing of a nude male figure dancing and playing the cymbals and kroupezion (foot castinet), identified as the 'Dancing Faun (or Satyr)', after a cast from the Antique sculpture at the Uffizi Gallery, Florence. Inscribed on recto, along pedestal base (handwritten in pencil): 'Fr Academy April 15 - 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink): '37'. Made by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797), 1774. Pencil on paper. Displayed in a cream window mount.

Exhibitions:

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby: An Exhibition to Commemorate the Centenary of Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/04/1979 to 21/07/1979
Title: Joseph Wright of Derby, 1734-1797: Bicentenary Exhibition
Venue: Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Dates: from 21/06/1997 to 28/09/1997

Publications

Title: Joseph Wright of Derby 1734 - 1797
Sub-Title: An introduction to the work of Joseph Wright of Derby with a catalogue of drawings held by Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Published on the occasion of an exhibition commemorating the Bicentenary of the artist's death.
Published Place: Derby
Published Year: 1997

Related People

Joseph Wright of Derby (Artist)
Display Date: British, 1734 - 1797
Nationality: British
Biography: Artist.
French Academy in Rome (Association)

Study of the 'Dancing Faun (or Satyr)', after the Antique

Date: 15.4.1774

Medium: Pencil on paper.

Object Type:	Drawing
Dimensions:	Support: 514 × 308 mm (20 1/4 × 12 1/8 in.)
Description:	First of three studies of this figure made between 15-22 April 1774 (see DBYMU 1914-517/36 and 1914-517/9). The figure that Wright studied at the French Academy is likely o have been a cast or copy of the Antique original; an Hellenistic statue that has been on display in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence since the second half of the 1600s. [LB: 2024]
Inscriptions:	Inscribed on recto, along pedestal base (handwritten in pencil): 'Fr Academy April 15 - 74' and to top right (handwritten in ink): '37'.
Provenance:	...; William Bemrose of Derby; by descent to his son, Charles Lloyd Bemrose, by whom donated to Derby Museums in 1914.
Viewing Status:	Contact Us
Item Ref:	1914-517/25