Alpheus and Arethusa
Maker
Lorenzo Mattielli
(Italian, 1687-1748)
Additional Title(s)
- The Rape of Persephone
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Date1719-1724
Mediumlimestone
Dimensions94 × 45 × 27 in. (238.8 × 114.3 × 68.6 cm.)
base: 37 × 53 × 27 in. (94 × 134.6 × 68.6 cm.)
overall: 132 × 53 × 27 in. (335.3 × 134.6 × 68.6 cm.)
DescriptionThis sculptural group is inspired by a Greek legend about love drawn from Ovid’s Metamorphoses (V, 572-641). It portrays Arethusa, the goddess Dyana’s nymph and the river god Alpheus in pursuit of her.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number14.52
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.5
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.24
William Blake
ca. 1801
Object number: 000.23
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
