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Alpheus and Arethusa

Battista di Domenico Lorenzi (ca. 1527/8–1594)

Date:: ca. 1570–74
Culture:: Italian, Florence
Medium:: Marble
Dimensions:: Overall (confirmed): 58 5/8 x 32 5/8 x 23 1/2 in., 782lb. (148.9 x 82.9 x 59.7 cm, 354.7129kg)
Classification:: Sculpture
Credit Line:: Fletcher Fund, 1940
Accession Number:: 40.33

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 534

Provenance

Designed for a grotto in the garden of Alamanno Bandini's villa "Il Paradiso" at Pian di Ripoli, near FlorenceAlamanno Bandini ; by marriage or inheritance to the Niccolini Family, Pian di Ripoli, Florence, and Carmignano (1653 or 1685–1940) ; Marchese Paolo Niccolini (until 1940; sold to MMA)
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Who
Battista di Domenico Lorenzi (1)
What
Sculpture (22,981)

Marble (2,123)
Where
Europe (135,451)

Italy (22,972)

Tuscany (677)

Florence (477)
When
A.D. 1400-1600 (19,212)
In the Museum
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts (43,200)
Timelines from the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Florence and Central Italy, 1400-1600 A.D.

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