Bronze La Nymphe Et La Chevre Amalthee d'Apres Pierre Julien (1731-1804)

Large Amalthée statue in finely chased ormolu19th century, depicting a semi-nude woman seated on a rockwith the Amalthée goat,
Bronze set on plinth with round turquoise marble feet ,
Founded by Ferdinand BARBEDIENNE, after PIERRE JULIEN (1731- 1804),
Foundry stamp Achllle COLAS,
The original is in marble and dates from 1787.
About : PierreJulien, born in Saint-Paulien on June 20, 1731 and died in Paris on December 17, 1804,was a French neo-classical sculptor.
About: Amalthée is sometimes depicted as the goatgoat who fed the child-god in a cave on the Cretan mountain Aigaion (mountain of the goats), sometimes as a nymph whonymph who looks after the goats and whose parentage is uncertain (daughter ofof Oceanus, Helios, Haemonius or, according to Lactantius, Melissa. The possessionof multiple and uncertain mythological relatives indicates that a divinity isvenerated in many cultures with varied local traditions.Other names, such as Adrasteia, Ide, the nymph of Mount Ida, or IDA, whichappear in mythology textbooks are simply duplicates of Amalthea.of Amalthea.