id:			143775
accession number:	1968.212
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1968.212
updated:		2019-03-20 10:33:26.666000

Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry), 1816. Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822). Marble; overall: 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm (69 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1968.212

title:				Terpsichore Lyran (Muse of Lyric Poetry)
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creation date:			1816
creation date earliest:		1816
creation date latest:		1816
current location:		200 Rotunda
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Italy, 19th century
technique:	marble
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 177.5 x 78.1 x 61 cm (69 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 24 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed on front of column:  "Terpsichore Lyran" [Terpsichore as the Muse of lyric poetry]; inscribed at base of column:  "Canova Fact: 1816"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* London, Royal Academy, 1817.<br>CMA, "Year in Review for 1968," Bulletin, LVI (January 1969), p. 44, no. 15, repr. p. 21.

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PROVENANCE

	Simon H. Clarke, 9th Bt., 1764-1832 (Oak Hill, East Barnet, England);
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	Alfred de Rothschild, 1842-1918 (Halton, Buckinghamshire, England), by inheritance to his nephew, Lionel de Rothschild, 1918;
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	Lionel Nathan de Rothschild, 1882-1942 (Exbury, Hampshire, England), 1918-1942, by inheritance to his first son, Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, 1942;
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	Edmund Leopold de Rothschild, born 1916 (Exbury, Hampshire, England), sold to Wildenstein & Co., 1963;
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	Wildenstein & Co. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968.
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wall description: 
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.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 164
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969#page=188

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 203
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978#page=223

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