Lot 284
  • 284

After Pierre Julien. A carved limestone group of Amalthaea and the Goat

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • 235cm. high
the scantily draped nymph seated on a rocky outcrop and holding the goat on a tether

Catalogue Note

Pierre Julien (1731-1804) modelled his Amaltaea (the Goat Girl) in 1787. This marble group, a version of the Beauty and the Beast, was originally part of the decoration for the dairy at Rambouillet, which Julien sculpted for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette on the eve of the French Revolution.