Support for a second Cellini satyr proves well-founded
THE Burlington Magazine have extra reason to celebrate their centenary this month as they unveil the rediscovery of a lost work by Benvenuto Cellini. The 19in (48cm) bronze statuette of a satyr has been identified during the preparation of a catalogue raisonné of sculpture in the Royal Collection.
Its discovery follows the identification of a first statuette – its pair but not its twin – in 1982,…