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Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656-1740)c. 1700
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
- Creator: Massimiliano Soldani (Italian, 1656-1740)
- Date Created: c. 1700
- Physical 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.)
- Provenance: Cyril Humphris, born 1932 (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.112
- Medium: bronze
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Florence, late 17th-early 18th Century
- Credit Line: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1975.112
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