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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1680 - 1730; Classification(s): sculpture, figure, casting (process), bronze, cast and patinated; Acquisition: given by Anonymous, 1979, Given anonymously, from the collection of Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory [M.15-1979]
Description: Bronze, thick lacquer patina. The Triton kneels on an irregularly-shaped base. He is bearded and has curly hair. His left knee is advanced and his tails are entwined behind him. His torso is turned in contraposto with his right shoulder forward and his left shoulder back. His right arm is bent across his body over and supports the head of a fish, which he holds over his left shoulder with his left hand. His head is turned over his right shoulder. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | sculpture figure Unknown | Temporal: | name=late 17th-early 18th Century; start=1680; end=1730 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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