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A cupid carrying a dolphin over his right shoulder. The source is a two foot high bronze fountain figure from the House of the Large Fountain, excavated at Pompeii in 1880.

Clifton Park Museum

Rotherham

Title

Cupid with Dolphin

Date

1888–1898

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 66 x W 27 x D 34 cm

Accession number

ROTMG:S.1989.70

Acquisition method

purchased from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, 1898

Work type

Sculpture

Signature/marks description

base: Fonderia Artistica / Sabatino de Angelis & Fils / Napoli

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Which foundry made this bronze ‘Cupid and Dolphin’, reproduced from an original at Pompeii? Is it late-19th C Neapolitan?

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