Name: PROBABLY GERMAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Brand: Neptune with a dolphin
Price: 6500.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

PROBABLY GERMAN, 18TH OR 19TH CENTURY
Neptune with a dolphin
bronze fountain group; the dolphin's mouth pierced for a spout
28³⁄₈ in. (72 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Although the facial type of the present figure of Neptune has a more northern European feel to it, the author of the present bronze must have been familiar with Gianlorenzo Bernini's treatment of the same subject, originally executed in 1622-23 for the gardens of the Villa Montalto and today in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.