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Neptune and Glaucus
Artist: Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680)
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1622
Materials: marble
Dimensions: 186 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £15,000)
Vendor: Lord Yarborough
Review number: 1577 (1950)
Provenance:
Cardinal Montalto; purchased 1696 by Cardinal Negroni; sold in 1784 to a speculator; sold in 1786 to Thomas Jenkins, an English banker and purchased by Sir Joshua Reynolds for 700 guineas; sold to Charles Pelham, Lord Yarborough, in 1794 for 500 guineas.
Description:
'Neptune and Glaucus' shows Neptune striding across a large shell, with sea-god Glaucus between his legs. Commissioned circa 1622 for Cardinal Montalto for Villa Montalto, to go at end of large fishpond (designed for Sixtus V).
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