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Goat
Greek
Early Classical Period
about 460–450 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 14.8 x 13.9 cm (5 13/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number99.491
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 059; Sculpture in Stone and Bronze (MFA), p. 119 (additional published references).
DescriptionThe goat is cast hollow, with one rather large hole in front of the hind legs. The tip of the left horn is missing. Green patina.
ProvenanceBy 1899: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome. Said to have been brought from Milan & to have been found on a bank of the Po near Turin.) [Note, however, that Sieveking in Bronzen . . . Loeb said the piece was found in the Val d'Aosta]; purchased by MFA from Edward Perry. Warren, 1899, for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)