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| Keywords: Italian - Doorknocker with Neptune - Walters 543.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Anonymous Italian <br/> In Venice with its great port the Roman god Neptune ruler of the oceans was a popular motif for the decoration of everyday objects as well as elegant statuettes The symmetrical undulating forms of this knocker suggests Neptune's watery element and takes its shape from the flashing tails of his winged sea horses the hippocamps who draw his chariot Doorknockers were generally crudely executed since they were produced in great numbers by a foundry However the model for this piece of which there are many variants must have been finely proportioned and crafted and has been attributed to the Venetian sculptor Alessandro Vittoria 1525-1608 ca 1575 1585 Renaissance bronze cm 37 5 accession number 54 3 457 A Seligmann Rey and Co New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Samson date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1917 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1917 place of origin Venice Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance applied arts in the Walters Art Museum Italian art in the Walters Art Museum Hippocampus mythology Neptunus deus Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review | ||||
