Muses1.0132_Thorvaldsen

OGCMA s.v. "Muses"
Thorvaldsensmuseum A

Bertel Thorvaldsen, 1770-1844, Series of reliefs depicting the 9 Muses and Mnemosyne, their mother; modeled ca. 1836. Plaster originals are cataloged as A328-A337 (shown right are A336 Calliope and A337 Mnemosyne with Harpocrates), Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensmuseum.

Two bas-relief sculptures on a reddish wall, the top depicting a draped female figure holding a tablet with a finger to her lips, and the bottom a draped female figure with a small child at her side

Thorvaldsen also engaged the imagery of the Muses in other works:

      "Euterpe" and "Terpsichore", a pair of statues = Muses1.0129_Thorvaldsen
      "Muses Dancing on Helicon" = Muses1.0130_Thorvaldsen
      "Triumphant Muse and Cupid" twice excuted plaster casts = Muses1.0131_Thorvaldsen
      series of roundel reliefs of the 9 Muses and Mnemosyne = Muses1.0132_Thorvaldsen
       “Muses: dance”, and “Muses: drama”; not this one is apparently not there.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 – 1990’s, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
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