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Neptune

mid-16th century
Not on view
With its spouted base (thus clearly from a table fountain), this has all the vigor and humor that characterize the best of sixteenth-century German bronze statuettes.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Neptune
  • Date: mid-16th century
  • Culture: Southern German
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: H. (raised right hand to bottom of capital) 15 in. (38.1 cm.)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
  • Object Number: 64.101.1547
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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