Neptune

ca. 1575 (Renaissance)

11.1 cm 38.1 cm 16.5 cm

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This muscular, standing figure of Neptune, Roman god of the sea, is carried on a tiny chariot drawn by hippocamps (mythic creatures, half horse and half fish). Originally, he held a trident in his right hand and the reins in his left. The image of Neptune being drawn across t...

Sculpture

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18923
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Robert Mayer, Vienna [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Paul Drey Gallery [Elisabeth M. Drey], New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1959, by purchase.
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