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Triton with a Shell

Date: c. 1630 - before 1642
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 8 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. ( 30.8 x 21.3 x 18.1 cm)
Department: European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Classification: Sculpture
Credit: Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund
Accession No.: 52.219
Provenance: Palazzo Barberini (?), Rome; Collection Friedrich von Amerling, Vienna; Dorotheum, "Estate of Friedrich von Amerling" 6 May 1916," Vienna; Collection of Dr. Rudolph Berl, Vienna; Wildenstein (dealer), New York.
Keywords: clay, earthenware, statuette, study, terrracotta, allegory

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