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Water

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Additional Title(s)
  • Neptune
Collections
ClassificationsSCULPTURE
Dateca. 1750
Mediumstone
Dimensionsoverall: 123 x 36 in. (312.4 x 91.4 cm.)
DescriptionThis statue portrays Water as the Roman god of the sea Neptune, referred to as Poseidon in Greece. This is one of four statues portraying Earth, Air, Water, and Fire that represent the four elements.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number22.33
Earth
Earth
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.31
Fire
Fire
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.34
Air
Air
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.32
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
Illustration 4 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Overthrow of Apollo and the Pagan Gods
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.17
Mars
Mars
Giacomo Cassetti
1700-1757
Object number: 22.17
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Unknown, British
ca. 1870
Object number: 2000.5.1537E
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
Illustration 3 to Milton's "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity": The Old Dragon.
William Blake
ca. 1814-1816
Object number: 000.16
Flora
Flora
Unknown
ca. 1850-1900
Object number: 10.156
Time
Time
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 22.9
Christ Stilling the Waves; Christ Walking on the Water
Christ Stilling the Waves; Christ Walking on the Water
Unknown
ca. 1911
Object number: 2000.5.1411
Child with Bird and Apple
Child with Bird and Apple
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
ca. 1823
Object number: 11.40
Vase
Vase
Unknown
n.d.
Object number: 19.29