Neptune and Triton (Bernini)

Neptune and Triton

Artist	Gianlorenzo Bernini
Year	c. 1622–1623
Type	Marble sculpture
Dimensions	182.2 cm (71.7 in)
Location	Victoria and Albert Museum, Rome

Neptune and Triton is an early sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It is housed in the Victoria and Albert Museum of London and was executed c. 1622–1623. Carved from marble, it stands 182.2 cm (71.7 in) in height.^[1][2]

Originally, the sculpture was commissioned by Cardinal Peretti Montalto, serving as a fountain to decorate the pond in the garden of his Villa Peretti Montalto on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. It was purchased by the Englishman Thomas Jenkins in 1786, from whom it was purchased later that year by the painter Joshua Reynolds. After Reynolds death in 1792 it was sold to Charles Pelham, who kept it in the garden of his home in Chelsea, London, Walpole House. His descendants moved it in 1906 to their country house, Brocklesby Park, Lincolnshire. It was bought from the family by the Museum in 1950.

The scene is from either Virgil's Aeneid or Ovid's Metamorphoses. Originally this was a fountain and water billowed from his horn. A similar device would be used in Bernini's Fountain of the Triton for Piazza Barberini in Rome.

Gallery

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  Detail of Triton from Bernini's Neptune and Triton

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  Bernini's Neptune and Triton (front view)

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  Bernini's Neptune and Triton (side view)

References

External links

• Web Gallery of Art

v t e Works by Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1610s Bust of Giovanni Battista Santoni The Goat Amalthea with the Infant Jupiter and a Faun A Faun Teased by Children Martyrdom of St. Lawrence St. Sebastian Bust of Pope Paul V Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius Bust of Giovanni Vigevano Damned Soul Blessed Soul 1620s Neptune and Triton The Rape of Proserpina Apollo and Daphne Three Busts of Pope Gregory XV St. Peter's baldachin Charity with Four Children David Fontana della Barcaccia St Bibiana Busts of Urban VIII Bust of Monsignor Pedro de Foix Montoya Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmine Bust of Cardinal Giovanni Dolfin Bust of Cardinal Escoubleau de Sourdis The Rape of Proserpina Bust of Antonio Cepparelli Bust of Cardinal Melchior Klesl Two Angels in Sant'Agostino Bust of Francesco Barberini Bust of Antonio Barberini Bust of Camilla Barbadoni Bust of Maria Barberini Bust of Cardinal Francesco Barberini Busts of Cardinals Agostino and Pietro Valier Memorial to Carlo Barberini Tomb of Pope Urban VIII Saint Longinus Charity with Two Children 1630s Head of Carlo Barberini Two Busts of Scipione Borghese Fontana del Tritone Tomb of Countess Matilda of Tuscany Pasce Oves Meas Bust of Costanza Bonarelli Busts of Paolo Giordano and Isabella Orsini Statue of Urban VIII Bust of King Charles I Bust of Thomas Baker Medusa 1640s Bust of Cardinal Richilieu Tomb of Alessandro Valtrini Memorial to Ippolito Merenda Memorial to Maria Raggi Truth Bust of Pope Leo X Cornaro Chapel Raimondi Chapel Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi Busts of Innocent X Noli Me Tangere 1650s Francesco I d'Este Fountain of the Moor Tomb of Cardinal Domenico Pimentel Constantine Throne of Saint Peter Saints Jerome and Mary Magdalen Saint Barbara 1660s Statue of Alexander VII Busts of Alexander VII Memorial Chapel of De Silva Family Elephant and Obelisk Bust of Gabriele Fonseca Bust of Louis XIV Equestrian Statue of King Louis XIV Statue of Alexander VII 1670s Blessed Ludovica Albertoni Tomb of Pope Alexander VII Statue of Clement X

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Coordinates: 51°29′48.56″N 0°10′18.9″W / 51.4968222°N 0.171917°W / 51.4968222; -0.171917