Abstract
The antiquities conservation department of the J. Paul Getty Museum has developed an adaptable approach to the treatment of restored statuary. Its goals are to understand, preserve and present restorations as part of an object's physical history. This paper considers the recent conservation treatment of a first century AD Roman marble statue of the Pouring Satyr, which is based on a late-classical Greek work attributed to the sculptor Praxiteles. The statue had been previously restored and contained several areas of patination and stone restoration elements, including the head and right hand. Considerable documentation of the statue's provenance and history has helped determine the date of past restorations and explain certain aspects of the object's condition. This information determined conservation options, resulting in a treatment that respected both the statue's specific history and its present context – a modern museum of Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities.
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