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Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Ewer with Triumph of Galatea

Ewer with Triumph of Galatea

c. 1700
(Italian, 1656–1740)
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.)
Location: not on view

Description

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.
  • Cyril Humphris, born 1932 (London, England), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.
  • CMA 1976: "Year in Review 1975," Bulletin, LXIII (February 1976), p. 65, no. 16, illus.
  • {{cite web|title=Ewer with Triumph of Galatea|url=false|author=Massimiliano Soldani|year=c. 1700|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1975.112