Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Artist/Maker Pierre Julien (French, 1731– - 1804)
Amalthée et la chèvre de Jupiter (Amalthea and Jupiter's goat). Marble, 1787. The statue was commissioned for the Queen's dairy at Rambouillet.
Dimensions H. 1.73 m (5 ft. 8 in.), W. 105 cm (3 ft. 5 ¼ in.), D. 80 cm (31 ¼ in.)

Credit line Seized during the French Revolution; in the Louvre collections since 1829
Accession number CC 230
Department of Sculptures, Richelieu, lower ground floor, Cour Puget

Photographer/Source Jastrow (2006)

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