Why it matters
The goat Amalthea is shown with the infant god Jupiter and an infant faun. It is the earliest known work by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Did you know?
- It dates from between 1609 and 1615.
- A carpenter was paid for its pedestal in 1615.
- As a teenager Bernini carved many putti; this is the only one of his three surviving putti groups that can be roughly dated.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun (CC BY-SA 4.0).
