Alpheus and Arethusa

Battista di Domenico Lorenzi

1568–70 · Marble · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

In Roman mythology the river god Alpheus pursued the nymph Arethusa until Diana changed her into a fountain. This group was carved to go above a fountain in the villa Il Paradiso at Pian di Ripoli, near Florence, which belonged to Alamanno Bandini, Knight of Malta.

Artist

Battista di Domenico Lorenzi

Date

1568–70

Medium

Marble

Culture

Italian, Florence

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1940