Satyress

Giovanni Maria Mosca

Cleveland Museum of Art

The artwork titled Satyress by Giovanni Maria Mosca depicts a relief sculpture of a female satyr figure. The sculpture is rectangular and features a woman with a lower body covered in fur-like texture, resembling a goat, and the upper body of a woman. She has long hair and is positioned with her left hand raised to her mouth as if holding or blowing into a panpipe. Her right arm rests against her side. The sculpture includes a variety of decorative elements, such as foliage at the top, a cross-like object on the left, and what appears to be a shell or similar motif at the bottom right. The figure stands against a plain background within the sculpture that includes additional foliage and decorative elements. The entire piece appears to be made of dark metal.