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Alpheus and Arethusa

Battista di Domenico Lorenzi (Italian, ca. 1527/28–1594)

Date:: 1568–70
Culture:: Italian, Florence
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): H. 58 5/8 x W. 32 5/8 x D. 23 1/2 in., 782lb. (148.9 x 82.9 x 59.7 cm, 354.7129kg)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1940
Accession Number:: 40.33

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 534

Description

In Roman mythology the river god Alpheus pursued the nymph Arethusa until Diana changed her into a fountain. This group was carved to go above a fountain in the villa Il Paradiso at Pian di Ripoli, near Florence, which belonged to Alamanno Bandini, Knight of Malta.
Provenance

Designed for a grotto in the garden of Alamanno Bandini's Villa "Il Paradiso" at Pian di Ripoli, near FlorenceAlamanno Bandini , Villa II Paradiso, Pian de Ripoli, near Florence ; by marriage or inheritance to the Niccolini Family (1653 or 1685–1940) ; Marchese Paolo Niccolini (until 1940; sold to MMA)
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