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The Return of Neptune, (painting). Artist:  Copley, John Singleton, 1738-1815, painter. Title:  The Return of Neptune, (painting). Dates:  ca. 1753-1754. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  27 1/2 x 44 1/2 in. (69.9 x 113.0 cm). Description:  Neptune riding through the sea in a large shell drawn by a team of four horses. He is surrounded by mermaids and putty. Subject:  Mythology -- Classical -- Neptune Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 59.198 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Simpson, Jonathan, Boston, Massachusetts 1774. Simpson, Miss, until ca. 1873. Borland, J. Nelson, Mr. & Mrs., Gift of Wilson, Orme, Mrs., 1959. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Gardner & Feld, "American Paintings," Metropolitan Museum, Vol. I, 1965, pg. 38-39. Prown, Jules David. "John Singleton Copley," Cambridge, MA: Published for the National Gallery of Art, Washington [by] Harvard University Press, 1966, pg. 17-18. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 85. Illustration:  Image on file. Metropolitan Museum Bulletin. Prown, Jules David, "John Singleton Copley" Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1966, fig. 9. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 85. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120027   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120027 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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