Now, this 72cm terracotta model depicting the wild, mythical sea god Triton is on permanent loan to the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, bringing audiences ever closer to the hands of the “virtuoso ...

Bernini began by sculpting a large terracotta study of Triton, the Greek god of the sea. In true Baroque fashion, Bernini’s Triton wrestles with a scaly sea creature whose mouth was designed to ...