A lifesize bronze statue of a nude figure, depicted twisting round as he sits on a ring of fish. The man's head is turning to the right and is slightly raised as he blows on a horn-shaped shell held in his right hand. His eyes are fixed on the horn and his cheeks are puffed up as he blows; he gives it all the power and concentration he can muster. The bronze figure is a triton: a sea creature belonging to the sea god Neptune's entourage. The tritons dash over the waves and often use a shell, as here, for a horn. With the sound of their horns they could raise a storm or calm the sea.
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python_regius) wrote2009-03-27 09:58 pm
