A Faun Teased by Children depicts a scene from Roman myth that captures the wild play between a limber satyr and a trio of precocious babes. The faun’s limbs are wildly splayed as he balances himself in a tree -- his right arm is raised and firmly clutches one branch, while his left is lowered to brace his weight on another. His right leg is braced on the ground, while his left is raised to an extreme degree and rests against a low branch. This serves to immediately portray the supernatural quality of the faun -- while the position he takes is not outside the realms of human possiblity, few would find it comfortable. He has feet and toes, rather than the hooves that some might expect, but pointed ears, diminutive stature, and a small
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