Neptune and Triton
Statuette
18th century (made)
18th century (made)
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This statuette is a reduced copy of Bernini's marble group of Neptune and Triton. It probably dates from the 18th century, and it may have been carved in England, where there was a cast of the statue by 1731, or in Rome before the sale of the original to Thomas Jenkins in 1786.
Object details
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| Title | Neptune and Triton (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Carved pine |
| Brief description | Neptune and Triton, reduced copy after the original by Gian Lorenzo Bernini; pine wood; Italian or English 18th century. |
| Physical description | Neptune and Triton, pine wood |
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| Gallery label | STATUE OF NEPTUNE AND TRITON
English or Italian, (Rome); about; 1730-90
Pine wood
After Gian Lorenzo Bernini
This is a much reduced copy of Bernini’s marble group of Neptune and Triton (A.18-1950), which is on display in Gallery 50B. The marble was commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Peretti Montalo (1571-1623), the great – nephew of Pope Sixtus V, to stand above a large oval fish-pond at his Villa alle Terme, which he had inherited from the Pope.
(1993 - 2011) |
| Object history | Purchased in London (£75). Previously sold at auction (Wyndham Cook sale, Christie's, 10 July 1925, no. 506, bought Nybourg, £54 12s). |
| Production | Reduced copy after the marble original by Gian Lorenzo Bernini |
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| Summary | This statuette is a reduced copy of Bernini's marble group of Neptune and Triton. It probably dates from the 18th century, and it may have been carved in England, where there was a cast of the statue by 1731, or in Rome before the sale of the original to Thomas Jenkins in 1786. |
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| Accession number | A.62-1925 |
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| Record created | January 2, 2003 |
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