POSEIDON, SEA DEITIES, GROUP DIVINITIES, AND MONSTERS 151
Neptune and Triton. By G-L. Bernini (1598-1680); marble, 1619, height 71V2 in. Neptune
(Poseidon) is shown striding forward angrily, supported by Triton blowing his conch. The
scene is based on Ovid's description of the Flood (see Chapter 4: "Neptune struck the
earth with his trident"). The statue stood above a pond in the gardens of the Roman villa
of Cardinal Montalto, nephew of Pope Sixtus V. (London, Victoria and Albert Museum.)