MAKE A MEME View Large Image Christolf et Cie - Amphitrite - Walters 71450 (2).jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Designer Creator Antonin Mercié Sculptor The statuette of this goddess of the sea was designed by the sculptor Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié to be cast in silver ...
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Keywords: Christolf et Cie - Amphitrite - Walters 71450 (2).jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Designer Creator Antonin Mercié Sculptor The statuette of this goddess of the sea was designed by the sculptor Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié to be cast in silver as the centerpiece for a table of the Duke of Santonia in 1878 Subsequently Christolf et Cie a silver company had several ivory statuettes carved by E P Scalliet 1846-1911 based on Mercié's model This example was exhibited at the Exposition Universelle held in Paris in 1900 between 1889 1900 ivory with gold silver-gilt baroque pearls and green jasper cm 68 7 accession number 71 450 6150 Exposition Universelle Paris 1900 Christofle Cie Paris date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1900 Ivory The Sumptuous Art The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1983-1984 place of origin France <gallery> File Christolf et Cie - Amphitrite - Walters 71450 jpg </gallery> PD-old-auto 1916 Objects displayed at the Exposition Universelle 1900 Antonin Mercié Émile-Philippe Scalliet Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist review
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