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Triton
Roman
Imperial Period
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height x length: 11 x 10.8 cm (4 5/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds donated by contribution
Accession Number01.7490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsWarfare, hunting, fishing – Armor
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 590.
DescriptionThe Triton, of the Hellenistic type, advances to the right. The back part of the fishy body is hollow, as if attached to some object. This appliqué appears to have come from the right side of the breastplate of a life-sized cuirass or cuirassed statue in metal. It curves slightly to suit the contour of a piece of body armor. Partly corroded. Gilded.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: Bought in Rome.); purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren, December 1901