23 in. (58.4 cm.) long

Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1971, lot 166.
with Paul Wengraf (1894-1978), The Arcade Gallery, London, acquired from the above (Garantiert Echt: A Loan Exhibition to Celebrate an Eightieth Birthday, London, 1974, no. 3).
Paul Wallraf (1890-1981), Cologne and London, acquired from the above by 1974.
Works of Art and Furniture from the Collection of the Late Paul Wallraf, Sotheby's, London, 8-9 December 1983, lot 212.
with Mansour Gallery, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1988.

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Antiquities, Sotheby’s, London, 29 March 1971, lot 166.
with Paul Wengraf (1894-1978), The Arcade Gallery, London, acquired from the above (Garantiert Echt: A Loan Exhibition to Celebrate an Eightieth Birthday, London, 1974, no. 3).
Paul Wallraf (1890-1981), Cologne and London, acquired from the above by 1974.
Works of Art and Furniture from the Collection of the Late Paul Wallraf, Sotheby's, London, 8-9 December 1983, lot 212.
with Mansour Gallery, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 1988.

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As J.C.C. Toynbee informs (pp. 165-166 in Animals in Roman Life and Art), goats grazing peacefully are a common motif in idyllic art. A mosaic panel from Hadrian’s Villa at Tivoli, now in the Vatican, depicts a herd behind a stream in a rocky landscape. Marble statues of goats and other animals also dotted the park around Hadrian’s Villa, conjuring up a peaceful and harmonious landscape replete with Dionysiac references (see pp. 159-160 in T. Opper, Hadrian: Empire and Conflict). It is easy to imagine this goat as part of a related sculptural program at a villa of a wealthy Roman. For a related goat from the Torlonia Collection, see no. 441 in P.E. Visconti, Catalogue of the Torlonia Museum of Ancient Sculpture.