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Triton with shell serving as saltcellar
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Triton with shell serving as saltcellar

third quarter 17th century

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)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Classification

Sculpture-Bronze

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Italian, Rome

Rights

Public Domain

About Gian Lorenzo Bernini

1598–1680

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