Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin

Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin

Price: Price on request

Offered by Kollenburg Antiquairs BV



Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin Flemish Terracotta sculpture of Triton on a Dolphin

On a dolphin with an elegantly curling tail sits a putto in a wrap. He is blowing on a large conch shell. It is a Triton, a mythical creature from the vicinity of Neptune. These elegant and expressive statues of putti on dolphins were meant to embellish fountains in gardens or on town squares. Often they were combined with representations of Neptune to form a spectacle of splashing water. In the eighteenth century, a city like Brussels alone, had over three hundred fountains. Possibly this terracotta group was a model for one of them.

The distinct love for tritons or putti on dolphins during the seventeenth and eighteenth century is reflected in the designs for fountains made by Daniel Marot. The conch shell ends in a wide basin of which the water will have poured magnificently.


 

Period
ca. 1720
Material
Terracotta
Reference
100-383
Sizes
77 x 48 x 42 cm

Offered by

Kollenburg Antiquairs BV

Postbus 171
5688 ZK Oirschot
The Netherlands

+31 499578037
+31 655822218
http://www.kollenburgantiquairs.com/

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