Loading

Neptune (a detail of the sculptural group of the Fountain of Neptune)

Ercole Ferrata, pupil and collaborator of Gian Lorenzo Bernini1677 -

National Palace of Queluz

National Palace of Queluz
Queluz, Portugal

A marble sculptural group, which has the god Neptune as its central figure, holding a trident (now disappeared). It stands on a shell supported on the tails of four dolphins whose heads are in the lake. This central element is surrounded by four kneeling tritons, whose legs end in fish tails. With one hand, they are blowing into a whelk, through which water spouts, while with the other hand they are holding a coat of arms with the crest of the Meneses family, the Counts of Ericeira.
Commissioned in 1677 for the Anunciada Palace in Lisbon, by the 2nd Count of Ericeira, the sculpture was finally assembled in the place where it now stands today, after a series of vicissitudes.

Details

  • Title: Neptune (a detail of the sculptural group of the Fountain of Neptune)
  • Creator: Ercole Ferrata, pupil and collaborator of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
  • Date: 1677 -
  • Location: Rome, Italy
  • Rights Information: National Palace of Queluz
  • Photo: Carlos Monteiro, 2011.
  • Original Title (portuguese): Neptuno (detalhe do grupo escultórico da Fonte de Neptuno)
  • Material(s) / Technique(s): Marble
  • Image Rights: © Direção-Geral do Património Cultural / Arquivo de Documentação Fotográfica
  • Type: Sculpture

Additional Items

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Flash this QR Code to get the app
Google apps