RENAISSANCE STATUE OF A RECUMBENT DOE 14th-16th century AD A large bronze statue of a reclining doe, legs tucked under the body, head held up and with ears back, iron pin inside the body; hole to the back for attachment. 16.7 kg, 54cm long (19 1/4"). Condition Fine condition. Very rare. Condition report [Click to show] This information is available to our registered clients. Please Log In to view. Provenance Property of a German gentleman; acquired from a collector in Southern Germany before 1989. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate and a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Literature For the subject, see the bronze deer from the Villa of the Papyri near Pompeii and now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionali di Napoli. Footnotes The statue may have been a decorative piece for the garden of a villa, as is seen in similar examples from Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding area of Vesuvius. The doe was also sacred to both Diana, goddess of the moon; statues of the goddess accompanied by deer were common, and they were also shown accompanying the cult image of Diana from the temple at Ephesus. The deer was also sacred to Juno Caelestis, consort to the eastern deity Jupiter Dolichenus, and she is shown standing on the back of a deer on votive reliefs and statues, such as that from Corbridge on Hadrian's Wall.
RENAISSANCE STATUE OF A RECUMBENT DOE 14th-16th century AD A large bronze statue of a reclining doe, legs tucked under the body, head held up and with ears back, iron pin inside the body; hole to the back for attachment. 16.7 kg, 54cm long (19 1/4"). Condition Fine condition. Very rare. Condition report [Click to show] This information is available to our registered clients. Please Log In to view. Provenance Property of a German gentleman; acquired from a collector in Southern Germany before 1989. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate and a report of metallurgic analytical results, written by Metallurgist Dr. Brian Gilmour of the Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford. Literature For the subject, see the bronze deer from the Villa of the Papyri near Pompeii and now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionali di Napoli. Footnotes The statue may have been a decorative piece for the garden of a villa, as is seen in similar examples from Pompeii, Herculaneum and the surrounding area of Vesuvius. The doe was also sacred to both Diana, goddess of the moon; statues of the goddess accompanied by deer were common, and they were also shown accompanying the cult image of Diana from the temple at Ephesus. The deer was also sacred to Juno Caelestis, consort to the eastern deity Jupiter Dolichenus, and she is shown standing on the back of a deer on votive reliefs and statues, such as that from Corbridge on Hadrian's Wall.
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