The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun
Artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Year 1615
Type Carrara marble
Dimensions 44 cm (17 in)
Location Galleria Borghese, Rome

The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun is an early sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Produced in 1615, it is now in the Borghese Collection at the Galleria Borghese. It shows Amalthea as a goat, the infant god Jupiter and an infant Faun.[1]

External links

  1. ^ Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini, the Sculptor of the Roman Baroque, 1997 (4th ed.), p.231