Triton with shell serving as saltcellar

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

third quarter 17th century

Triton with shell serving as saltcellar by Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Medium

Copper, parcel gilt and silver-gilt

Dimensions

Overall (confirmed): 5 1/16 × 4 7/8 × 4 7/16 in. (12.9 × 12.4 × 11.3 cm)

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Accession Number

64.101.1468

Tags

TritonShells

About the Artist

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and designer who is considered to be the supreme artist of the Italian Baroque. His important patrons included the Barberini and Borghese families. Italian architect. Comment on works: sculptor

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