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| Keywords: Bartolommeo Ammanati - Hippocamp (Sea Horse) and Rider - Walters 54465A, 54465B.jpg In antiquity hippocamps or sea horses mythical creatures that were half horse and half fish were represented drawing the chariot of Neptune Roman god of the sea Renaissance artists in the territory of Venice which trumpeted itself as ruler of the seas delighted in representing the sea god and his steeds The wider fascination for monstrous beasts of bronze in imitation of Roman tastes among northern Italian humanists and sculptors also prompted an interest in the creature between 1510 1540 Renaissance bronze marble base cm 20 1 accession number 54 465A 54 465B 79133 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Padua Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Bartolomeo Ammannati Hippocampus mythology Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update | ||||
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