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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. This is one of four statues portraying Earth, Air, Water, and Fire, the four elements representing the nature and complexity of all the matter in terms of simpler substances in ancient cultures.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On view
Object number22.33
Earth
Earth
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.31
Air
Air
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.32
Fire
Fire
Unknown
ca. 1750
Object number: 22.34
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
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Second Day of Creation, Air and Water
Unknown, British
ca. 1870
Object number: 2000.5.1537E
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
Illustration 9 to Milton's "Paradise Lost": The Temptation and Fall of Eve
William Blake
1807
Object number: 000.10
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : The fourth and fifth days of Creation
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.35
Child with Bird and Apple
Child with Bird and Apple
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
ca. 1823
Object number: 11.40
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : first title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.32
Christ Walking on Water
Christ Walking on Water
Unknown, British
ca. 1911
Object number: 2000.5.2720b
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
Illustrated manuscript of Genesis : second title page
William Blake
ca. 1826-1827
Object number: 000.33
Mars
Mars
Agostino Testa
late 17th - early 18th century
Object number: 20.37