Neptune and Glaucus

Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598 - 1680)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1622

'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).

• Medium: marble
• Dimensions: 186 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £15,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1950
• Vendor: Lord Yarborough

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.

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