Triton blowing a trumpet

Giambologna (1529-1608) (after a work of)

Lorenzi, Battista (born ca. 1527-1528, died 1594) (formerly attributed to)

Item type:

sculpture

Date of creation:

1550-1600

Height:

44.1 cm  (17 3/8 in.)

Technique / Medium:

bronze

Description

A Triton sits on the crossed tails of three dolphins. He plays a long, curved wind instrument with a shell-like bell.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Trumpet [4446] (long, curved wind instrument with a shell-like bell)

Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Sculpture in The Frick Collection: Italian (New York: The Frick Collection, 1970) vol. 3.

RIdIM record id

1760