29 Inches High x 77 Inches Wide x 3 Inches Deep
Relief from the Fountain of the Innocents created in 1549. The bas-reliefs at the base of the fountain were removed in 1810 and relocated to the Louvre in 1824. The Nymph and Triton resemble a sarcophagus in Grottaferrata popular in Goujon’s time; it was a subject of many drawings in the 16th century.
Artist: Jean Goujon
Museum: Louvre Museum, Paris
Origin: The Fountain of the Innocents, Paris
Time Period: Renaissance, 1549
1911 Catalog ID # – 10020