Amphitrite
manner of Michel Anguier (Eu c.1612 - Paris 1686)
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1700 - 1730
Materials
Bronze and ormolu
Measurements
642 x 200 x 146 mm
Place of origin
France
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 871606.2
Summary
Bronze sculpture, Amphitrite, in the manner of Michel Anguier (Eu 1612 - Paris 1686). One of a pair of early 18th-century French bronzes on an ebonized plinth centred by an ormolu motif.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley and transferred to NT in 1957.
Makers and roles
manner of Michel Anguier (Eu c.1612 - Paris 1686), sculptor