Ewer with Triumph of Galatea
Massimiliano Soldani
1695–1705
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- 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.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
About
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.
![Giovanni Battista Mancini, died 1694, Agent General of Tuscany in Rome [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/8e96127c-68e6-4cf4-8999-f9fd6eb7faed/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Allegory of Vigilance and Loyalty [reverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/633f3c58-00dc-475d-8102-0271f6ac5347/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Bacchanal [reverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/c7408486-b8af-4009-a001-2cc3e1078ffa/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
![Francesco Redi, 1626-1697, Physician and Scientist [obverse]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/bd16cb32-b60b-48c1-b24b-322311bc39d5/full/843,/0/default.jpg)
