Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)

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Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)

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Date
1816
Medium
marble
Culture
Italy, 19th century
Department
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
143775

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In Greek mythology, Terpsichore was one of the nine Muses, or goddesses of creative inspiration. The lyre, the Greek inscription on the short column, and the caduceus (entwined snakes) on the side identify the figure as Terpsichore Lyran, muse of lyric poetry. This sculpture began with a commission from Napoleon's brother, Lucien, for an idealized portrait of his wife, Alexandrine. Antonio Canova made this version for a British aristocrat and exhibited it in 1817 at the Royal Academy in London to great acclaim. Trained by his grandfather, an Italian stonemason, Canova began modeling clay and carving marble sculptures before age ten.

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Credit line
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Provenance
Simon H. Clarke, 9th Bt., 1764-1832 (Oak Hill, East Barnet, England); | Alfred de Rothschild, 1842-1918 (Halton, Buckinghamshire, England), by inheritance to his nephew, Lionel de Rothschild, 1918; | Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 1882-1942 (Exbury, Hampshire, England), 1918-1942, by inheritance to his first son, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, 1942; | Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, born 1916 (Exbury, Hampshire, England), sold to Wildenstein & Co., 1963; | Wildenstein & Co. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968. | 1968-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

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