Sculpture

Alpheus and Arethusa

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Type: Sculpture(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1719-1724
Accession number: 14.52
Maker: Lorenzo Mattielli(Opens in new tab) (Italian, 1687–1748)
Dimensions: 94 × 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.)
Medium: limestone
Description: This 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: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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