Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
Medium
bronze
Dimensions
81.5 × 35.5 × 26.5 cm · base: 8.9 × 25.9 × 26.5 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
European Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
Accession Number
1975.112
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
Upon discovering the sea nymph Galatea's infidelity, her betrothed, the Cyclops Polyphemus, pulverizes her lover Acis with a rock. In grief, Galatea turns his blood into a river and Acis becomes god of that river, which bears his name. Here Galatea escorts a swarm of sea creatures in celebration of Acis's apotheosis.