Door Knocker with Neptune and Seahorses

ca. 1575-1585 (Renaissance)

27 cm 42 cm 14 cm

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In Venice, with its great port, the Roman god Neptune, ruler of the oceans, was a popular motif for the decoration of everyday objects as well as elegant statuettes. The symmetrical, undulating forms of this knocker suggest Neptune's watery element and takes its shape from the...

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A. Seligmann, Rey and Co., New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Samson [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1917 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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