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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4569787, member: 5833"]Definitely not Socrates. Since we have no contemporary images of him, literary descriptions that liken him to a satyr have led to the conventional depiction:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]405896[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Meissen Guy looks more like Moses or Poseidon.</p><p><br /></p><p>This seller says it's an allegorical figure of Winter:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/busts/meissen-small-bust-emblematic-winter-circa-1750/id-f_19260882/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/busts/meissen-small-bust-emblematic-winter-circa-1750/id-f_19260882/" rel="nofollow">https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/busts/meissen-small-bust-emblematic-winter-circa-1750/id-f_19260882/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 4569787, member: 5833"]Definitely not Socrates. Since we have no contemporary images of him, literary descriptions that liken him to a satyr have led to the conventional depiction: [ATTACH=full]405896[/ATTACH] Meissen Guy looks more like Moses or Poseidon. This seller says it's an allegorical figure of Winter: [URL]https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/decorative-objects/sculptures/busts/meissen-small-bust-emblematic-winter-circa-1750/id-f_19260882/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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