# Triton Blowing a Conch Shell

- By: Adriaen de Vries (The Hague, ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1615 - c. 1617
- Medium: bronze (metal)
- Classification: figure
- Dimensions: height 157 cm x width 88 cm x depth 80 cm
- Credit line: On loan from the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/BK-C-1997-2--c156eec29b1220c3ff3d3de044f72897)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/qhnNe/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This triton, a sea creature in the retinue of the god Neptune, is one of sixteen sculptures that together once formed part of a monumental fountain. The huge complex stood in front of Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark, but in 1659 Swedish soldiers took the statues as war booty to Stockholm. The triton originally perched on the edge of a basin, and water spouted from the shell he is blowing.