The God of the Danube River

The God of the Danube River

The name of this statue is the God of the Danube, who sits on three stretched dolphins with his elbows resting on the fins of their tails. A flower wreath decorated with leaves of aquatic plants on the top of the head. The back of the statue bears the artist's signature: "Giuliani Ficit 1738". Giovanni Giuliani was an Italian sculptor active in Heiligenkreis, Austria, whose works were influenced by the late Italian Baroque style and made significant contributions to Austrian Baroque sculpture.