Triton blowing Shell Trumpet
about 1575–1600
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
DimensionsHeight: 19.7 cm (7 3/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Alexis Gregory
Accession number2021.1087.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceAlfred Beit (b. 1853 - d. 1906), London; 1906, by inheritance to his brother, Sir Otto John Beit (b. 1865 - d. 1930), London [see note 1]; 1930, probably by inheritance to his widow or his son, Sir Alfred Lane Beit (b. 1903 - d. 1994), London. Lady Morna McCormick Anderson (b. 1906 - d. 1982), London; December 16, 1986, Lady Anderson estate and others sale, Christie's, London, lot 19. 1994, sold by Cyril Humphris (dealer), London, to Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New YorkAbout 1990s, sold by Cyril Humphris (dealer), London, to Alexis Gregory (b. 1936 - d. 2020), New York; 2021, bequest of Alexis Gregory to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 30, 2021)NOTES:
[1] Wilhelm Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit (London, 1913), p. 115, cat. nos. 269-270. The Beit inventory number is inscribed on the underside of the figure.
about 1500–25
early 16th century
late 16th or early 17th century
about 1500
