MFA, BM
Statuette of Neptune, after Giovanni da Bologna [Le Bl. 19, N. 8]
Dimensions:
22½ × 15⅜ inches.
Blocks, 4:
Tones of tan and brown.
Inscription, bottom:
“Ex Prototypo Æreo Joannis· Bolonia Duacensis in / Museo D: Josephi Smith Venetiis. / J.B. Jackſon Anglus Sculp & exc.”
About 1738.
The first state is without letters. Third state has inscription on top of statue base, “Gul. Lloyd Arm. D.D.D. J.B.J.”
Smithsonian Institution (U.S. National Museum), MFA, Los Angeles, BM, Paris, Berlin-Dahlem, Wiemar, Amsterdam