Amore-Attis

[3] Scalini proposed it showed "Conjugal Love Triumphing over Earth and Water", linking it to a marble base in the Victoria and Albert Museum and theorising they were both originally on a fountain built for the wedding festivities of Bernardo Rucellai and Nannina de' Medici in 1466.

Edward Wind titled it "Multi-Formed Cupid" and stated "he has the face and wings of the classical Eros, he has Pan's tail, Attis's trousers, Hypnos's belt and Mercury's sandals".

Giovanni Battista Doni owned it in the 17th century and sought opinions on its iconography from scholars and Roman antiquarians such as Luca Holstenio and Giovan Pietro Bellori, who were the first to name it 'Attis'.

In the 18th century Pietro Bono Doni decided to sell the work to the Gallerie fiorentine for 600 scudi, with Giuseppe Pelli Bencivenni taking care of the negotiations.

Later art historians have almost unanimously accepted this attribution to Donatello, dating it to the time between his trip to Rome in 1433 and his departure for Padua in 1443, when he created works showing a deep knowledge of Greek and Roman antiquity, such as his famous David.