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Ewer with Triumph of Galatea

c. 1700

Massimiliano Soldani

(Italian, 1656–1740)
Italy, Florence, late 17th-early 18th Century
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.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 1975.112
Location: Not on view

Description

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.
  • Cyril Humphris, born 1932 (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31–71. Reproduced: p. 42; Mentioned: p. 65, no. 16 www.jstor.org
    Biancotto, Filippo. "Il Culmine d'Ogni Pittorica Follia. Giovanni Antonio Fumiani e la Volta Della Chiesa di San Pantalon." In Soffitti Veneziani : La Decorazione Di Volte E Soffitti a Venezia Dal XV Al XVIII Secolo, Hans Aurenhammer, and Martina Frank, eds., 195-216. Roma, Venezia: Viella;/Centro Tedesco di Studi Veneziani, 2024. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 213-214, fig, 5
  • CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," Bulletin, LXIII (February 1976), p. 65, no. 16, illus.
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