The Triumph of Galatea (after Raphael)
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1600 - 1699
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1981 x 1346 mm (78 x 53 in)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872172
Caption
Galatea, one of the Nereids, a sea-nymph stands in her chariot, a shell with a water-wheel paddle, holding the reins of two dolphin. Above are cupids or amoretti shooting arrows. On the left a satyr holds a nymph and behind a Triton blows a conch shell. On the right another Triton blows a pipe and behind him is a winged sea-centaur carrying another nymph or Nereid on his back.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Triumph of Galatea (after Raphael), a 17th century copy after the fresco in the Villa Farnesina, Rome by Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), once thought to be by Domenichino when first acquired. Galatea stands in her shell with a water-wheel paddle, in the centre, holding the reins of two dolphin. Above are cupids or amoretti shooting arrows. On the left a satyr holds a nymph and behind a Triton blows a conch shell. On the right another Triton blows a pipe and behind him is a winged sea-centaur carrying another nymph or Nereid on his back.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker, 5th Earl of Morley (1878-1962)
Credit line
Saltram, The Morley Collection (The National Trust)
Makers and roles
after Raphael (Urbino 1483 – Rome 1520), artist previously catalogued as attributed to Domenico Zampieri Domenichino (Bologna 1581 - Naples 1641), artist