File:Bartholomaeus Spranger - Achelous and Deianeira - Walters 54467.jpg

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Bartholomeus Spranger: Achelous and Deianeira   (  )
Artist	Attributed to Bartholomeus Spranger  (1546–1611)     Alternative names Bartholomaeus Spraneers, Bartholomeus Spraneers, Bartholomaeus Spranger Description painter and drawer Date of birth/death 21 March 1546 / 31 March 1546  August 1611 Location of birth/death Antwerp Prague Work period from 1557 until 1611 date QS:P,+1500-00-00T00:00:00Z/6,P580,+1557-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1611-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Work location Antwerp (1557-1564), Italy (1565-1566), Milan, Parma, Rome (July 1566-1575), Vienna (1575-1576), Prague (circa 1581-1611) Authority file : Q447682 VIAF: 74650107 ISNI: 0000000066316850 ULAN: 500018180 LCCN: nr88002939 WGA: s/spranger WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q447682,P5102,Q230768
Title	Achelous and Deianeira
Description	English: A triton, a minor sea god that was human above the waist, had legs like a horse but webbed, and a long, fish like body playfully cavorts with a nereid or sea nymph. Such pairs may be depicted accompanying Neptune, ruler of the seas.
Date	circa 1600 date QS:P571,+1600-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroque era QS:P2348,Q37853 )
Medium	bronze, patina
Dimensions	H: 60.2 cm (23.7 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.467
Place of creation	Prague, Czech Republic (?)
Object history	Arnold Seligmann [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown] 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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