Why it matters
Neptune thrusts down his trident while Triton blows his conch. Bernini carved the group as a fountain for the pond of Cardinal Montalto's villa in Rome.
Did you know?
- It was carved between March 1622 and February 1623.
- The painter Joshua Reynolds bought it in 1786.
- The Victoria and Albert Museum bought it in 1950.
- It was long called Neptune and Glaucus.
Based on the Wikipedia article Neptune and Triton (CC BY-SA 4.0).
