Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
c. 1700
Massimiliano Soldani
Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656–1740)
European Painting and Sculpture
Ewer with Triumph of Galatea, c. 1700. Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656–1740). Bronze; overall: 81.5 x 35.5 x 26.5 cm (32 1/16 x 14 x 10 7/16 in.); base: 8.9 x 25.9 x 26.5 cm (3 1/2 x 10 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1975.112 Upon discovering the sea nymph Galatea's infidelity, her betrothed, the Cyclops Polyphemus, pulverizes her lover Acis with a rock. In grief, Galatea turns his blood into a river and Acis becomes god of that river, which bears his name. Here Galatea escorts a swarm of sea creatures in celebration of Acis's apotheosis.
- Maker/Artist
- Soldani, Massimiliano
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 81.5 x 35.5 x 26.5 cm (32 1/16 x 14 x 10 7/16 in.); Base: 8.9 x 25.9 x 26.5 cm (3 1/2 x 10 3/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1975.112
- Credit Line
- Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 217 Italian Baroque
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