River God

ca. 1700

Not on view

This and another pendant Neptune (1973.184.2a, b) are models, probably for much larger garden figures. They are amusingly distorted imitations of types current in French baroque classicism, in the manner of Girardon and Coysevox but gone awry.

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Title: River God
Date: ca. 1700
Culture: probably Flemish
Medium: Terracotta; marble and gilt-bronze base
Dimensions: 12 × 17 1/2 in. (30.5 × 44.5 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle, 1973
Object Number: 1973.184.3a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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