Contemplation and Chai

The full set of the series “Fairy tales by Charles Perrault” by the artist Rork Maiellano

Featured: Sleeping Beauty, Fairy Godmother, Bluebeard, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, The Faeries, Donkeyskin. 

Aphrodite, Pan and Eros

This is one of the best known and most characteristic representations of the goddess Aphrodite assaulted by the goat-legged Pan.

The group stands on its original square base, which bears a votive inscription. The naked goddess attends to hide her putenda, while threatening to strike Pan with her sandal. Little Eros hovers over her shoulder, playfully seizing Pan΄s horn in an attempt to help his mother ward off the annoying creature.

This lighthearted and picturesque theme places the composition in the so-called Hellenistic «Rococo style.

The great god Pan, from Cornhill magazine, 1860.

Here’s my collection of vintage fauns, satyrs, and other woodland deities.