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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 380490, member: 5833"]I have a weakness for scenes with goats. Zeus & Amalthea may be the right identification, I don't have a better one, but the overall composition is somewhat inconsistent with other representations, so I would be hesitant to commit. </p><p><br /></p><p>Typically Zeus would be an infant, or, if an adult, wearing the skin of his wet nurse. If it were meant for the god, would expect at least a laurel or oak wreath to indicate this is not some mortal. A couple of other mythological figures were also suckled by goats as infants. The putti ringing the scene, one banging on a drum, really don't go with any of them. Collectively they add up more to companions of Dionysus/Bacchus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Goats often make prankish appearances. Didn't manage a very decent photo of this, copied from <a href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/AF47080D-D85E-43CE-BF75-AEF25B50CCB1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/AF47080D-D85E-43CE-BF75-AEF25B50CCB1" rel="nofollow">an older gem</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]131378[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Your scene strikes me as being more in this vein. Love it![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 380490, member: 5833"]I have a weakness for scenes with goats. Zeus & Amalthea may be the right identification, I don't have a better one, but the overall composition is somewhat inconsistent with other representations, so I would be hesitant to commit. Typically Zeus would be an infant, or, if an adult, wearing the skin of his wet nurse. If it were meant for the god, would expect at least a laurel or oak wreath to indicate this is not some mortal. A couple of other mythological figures were also suckled by goats as infants. The putti ringing the scene, one banging on a drum, really don't go with any of them. Collectively they add up more to companions of Dionysus/Bacchus. Goats often make prankish appearances. Didn't manage a very decent photo of this, copied from [URL='http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/record/AF47080D-D85E-43CE-BF75-AEF25B50CCB1']an older gem[/URL]: [ATTACH=full]131378[/ATTACH] Your scene strikes me as being more in this vein. Love it![/QUOTE]
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