18th Century Antique Copper Painting, Eros with a Goat

  
This small antique painting depicts a putto (or cherub) with a goat. Subject: The work represents a putto, an iconographic figure commonly found in art symbolizing Eros, the god of love, or cherubs, often used in a decorative context.

Technique and materials: Oil on copper. Style and period: The style is rooted in the ancient pictorial tradition and shares similarities with the Italian painting schools of the 17th and 18th centuries, which frequently depicted scenes with putti. Dimensions: 15.7 cm x 9.2 cm.