The Barberini Faun is housed in which museum?

The Barberini Faun is housed in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany.

The life-size marble statue portrays a sleeping or drunken faun, the Roman counterpart of a Greek satyr associated with Dionysus. It is generally dated to the Hellenistic period, around the late third or early second century BC, although scholars have debated whether it is an original Hellenistic work or an exceptionally accomplished Roman copy.

The sculpture was discovered in the 1620s in the moat of the Castel Sant’Angelo, the ancient Mausoleum of Hadrian, in Rome. It was badly damaged and underwent several restorations. Despite a long-standing tradition linking Gian Lorenzo Bernini to the repairs, documentary evidence does not establish that Bernini worked on it.

The statue belonged to the Barberini family and remained in Rome until it was sold in 1799. Ludwig, Crown Prince of Bavaria, acquired it, and it became a major attraction in Munich’s Glyptothek, the museum designed to house classical sculpture. Copies are held elsewhere, including the Louvre, which can cause confusion about the location of the famous original.