Current Location: In storage
Titles
Bifurcate Triton with Spouting Fish
Maker(s)
Unknown
Entities
Categories
Description
Bronze, thick lacquer patina. Figure of a bearded Triton, with flowing curly hair, kneeling on an irregularly-shaped base. His torso is turned in contraposto. He holds a spouting fish over his left shoulder, supported with his right hand.
Notes
History note: With Copper & Adams; purchased in 1946 by Lt Col the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC (1892-1958)
Legal notes
Given anonymously, from the collection of Lt. Col. the Hon. M.T. Boscawen, DSO, MC, in his memory
Measurements and weight
Height: 45.0 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Given
(1979)
by
Anonymous
Note
Although apparently a fountain figure, there is no passage for water to enter the fish from inside. The Triton tails are terminated arbitrarily and the fish-tail seems to be a cast-on replacement. Perhaps an after-cast?
Previously called Italian, 16th century. Purchased in 1946 by Lt Col. Boscawen, with attribution to Giovanni Angelo Montorsoli (1507-63).
School or Style
Renaissance
People, subjects and objects depicted
Project
Components of the work
Sculpture
Depth 27.6 cm
Height 45 cm
Width 40.2 cm
Base
Length 49.2 cm
Materials used in production
Bronze
Techniques used in production
Casting (process)
: Bronze, cast and patinated
Patinating
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: M.15-1979
Primary reference Number: 13988
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_15_1979
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Monday 18 December 2023
Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
