Aphrodite and Pan ~ Greek sculpture, Delos, late Hellenistic period  via

Satyr and nymph ~ via

Reclining Bacchante Playing the Cymbals ~ Jean-Simon BERTHÉLEMY,  1778 Oil on canvas.  via

The Athenian ~ Georges Barbier 1921.  via

jahsonic:

Most of the day was spent on researching the physical appearance of Marquis de Sade, by way of the portraits of the Marquis de Sade.

My patience was rewarded.

In the document, Citoyen Sade au Comité de sureté générale I read that Sade was, at the age of 53, “height of five feet and two inches (1.57 meters, if my calculation is right), blond hair and gray eyebrows, high forehead, going bald, light blue eyes, medium nose, small mouth, round chin, full, oval face”.

Illustration: Imaginatory portrait of the Marquis de Sade by H. Biberstein, taken from the book L’Œuvre du Marquis de Sade[1].

Update regarding the height: this has to be calculated in 18th century feet and inches, which comes to about 1,63 meters.

Venus, Satyr and two cupids ~ Annibale Carracci, 1590, Oil on Canvas. via

De Figuris Veneris ~ Édouard-Henri Avril (1843–1928), cover illustration 1906 via

Bacchanal ~ Paul Albert Lupiac (French, 1868-1941) c. 1900  via

 Satyr and Venus, Cupid ~ Antonio da Correggio   c.1528 Oil on canvas,  Musee du Louvre, Paris  via

Nymphs and satyr ~ William Adolphe Bouguereau,  (1873)  via

Jugend ~ 1896  via

Nymph and Satyr ~ Svetlana Dorosheva  via