Cleveland Museum of Art
Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
Massimiliano Soldani
- Date
- c. 1700
- Medium
- bronze
- Culture
- Italy, Florence, late 17th-early 18th Century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
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.
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