Door knocker with Neptune and seahorses
Door knocker with Neptune and seahorses

Currently not on view

Door knocker with Neptune and seahorses

Workshop of Alessandro Vittoria, Italian, 1525–1608
y1941-22

Information

Title
Door knocker with Neptune and seahorses
Maker
Workshop of Alessandro Vittoria
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
39 x 44 x 11.5 cm (15 3/8 x 17 5/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1941-22
Culture
Italian
Type
metalwork, door knockers, sculpture
Materials
bronze
Subject
plant-derived motifs, gods, seahorses, sculptures, mythology, figures (representations)

Collection Dino Barozzi, Venice; P. J. Mosenthal; his sale, American Art Association, April 4, 1925; purchased by William Randolph Hearst; his sale; 1941 purchase by Princeton University Art Museum.

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