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Putto on a Dolphin, Gérard van Opstal, mid-17th century
Gerard van Opstal, portraitGerard van OpstalFlemish, 1594–1668

Putto on a Dolphin

mid-17th century · Sculpture-Miniature

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Yes, on view now

Where is “Putto on a Dolphin” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 532, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room532

Open now· until 9:00 PM

On public display.

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The museum
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Accession number
62.74

What it shows

PuttoDolphins

In the catalog

SculptureIvoryBaroque17th century

Sources

In the life of Gerard van Opstal

The whole life

  1. 1630–1668 · Workplace

    Paris

  2. c. 1635 – c. 1642 · Workplace

    Antwerp

  3. 1 August 1668

    Died

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Amours défendant une femme contre deux centaures, Van Opstal, Gérard, Louis XIV (1643-1715) (Occident->époque moderne = Ancien Régime->dynastie des Bourbons) Date de création/fabrication : 1640 - 1668

Amours défendant une femme contre deux centaures

1640–1668 · Musée du Louvre

Bas-relief : Ivresse de Silène, avec quatre putti et deux satyreaux, Van Opstal, Gérard, Louis XIV (1643-1715) (Occident->époque moderne = Ancien Régime->dynastie des Bourbons) Date de création/fabrication : 1640 - 1668

Bas-relief : Ivresse de Silène, avec quatre putti et deux satyreaux

1640–1668 · Musée du Louvre

Un Triton, une Néréide et un Amour, Van Opstal, Gérard, avant - 1668

Un Triton, une Néréide et un Amour

before 1668 · Musée du Louvre

Un Amour terrassant un enfant et un Amour embrassant une petite fille, Van Opstal, Gérard, avant - 1668

Un Amour terrassant un enfant et un Amour embrassant une petite fille

before 1668 · Musée du Louvre

Deux enfants arrachant un arc retenu par un Amour renversé à terre, Van Opstal, Gérard, avant - 1668

Deux enfants arrachant un arc retenu par un Amour renversé à terre

before 1668 · Musée du Louvre

The Triumph of Silenus, Gerard van Obstal, c. 1660

The Triumph of Silenus

c. 1660 · Art Institute of Chicago

Bacchanaal van saters en amors, Gerard van Opstal, c. 1635 - c. 1642

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c. 1635 - c. 1642 · Rijksmuseum

Venus and Mercury, Gerard van Opstal, c. 1660

Venus and Mercury

c. 1660 · Rijksmuseum

In the same room · Gallery 532, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Page from the Collection of Niccolò Gaddi (So-Called "Vasari Page"), Florentine 16th century, The "Chief Framer", Raffaellino del Garbo, and Sandro Botticelli, and Filippino Lippi, Sheets probably 1480-1504; mounting & framework c. 1575/1590

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Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

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Die Heilige Sippe mit zwei musizierenden Engelknaben, 1511

Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum

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Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum