Terpsichore
- Title:
- Terpsichore
- Collection:
- Cornell Cast Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Photographer:
- Alexandridis, Annetta
- Date:
- ca. 1890-1900
mid 2nd c. BCE to 2nd c. CE
2008 (image)
- Site:
- Villa of Cassius, Tivoli, Italy (discovery site, 1774) (original)
- Location:
- Warehouse
Villa of Cassius, Tivoli, Italy (discovery site, 1774) (original) - ID Number:
- CCC_0135
- Accession Number:
- Sage no. 316
135 - File Name:
- CCC_0135.tif
- Original Measurements:
- 139 (H) cm (complete statue)
- Culture:
- Roman, after Hellenistic
- Style/Period:
- Roman late Republican or early Imperial
- Work Type:
- casts (sculpture)
- Materials/Techniques:
- plaster cast (sculpture)
marble sculpture in the round (original) - Subject:
- Muses (Greek deities)
Terpsichore (Greek deity) - Image View Type:
- overall
- Image View Description:
- from front
- Measurement:
- 130 x 70 (centimeters, height x width)
- Description:
- This is a damaged cast of a seated statue of the muse of dance, Terpsichore, one of a group of statues of muses from the Villa of Cassius in Tivoli now housed in the Vatican Museum. Preserved here is the fully draped body of the seated muse, missing the head (see ID no. 533). Terpsichore, heavily draped, sits with her left leg in front of her and her right leg bent back. She faces forward twisting her upper body slightly to the left and reaching her right arm across her body to play the lyre of curving horns that rests on her left side. The outer horn of the lyre is broken away in this cast, as is much of the deity's left hand. Her right index finger is also damaged. The head and body are ancient but do not belong together. The work was modified in the 18th c. by restorers. As stated in the Sage catalog, the mold for this cast was made specifically for Cornell University.
- Notes:
- Items in the Cornell Cast Collection are meant for inventory and reference purposes. Metadata may not be complete in all cases.
Museo Pio Clementino no. 308 - Bibliography:
- Richard Neudecker, Die Skulpturenausstattung römischer Villen in Italien (Mainz, 1988), 230, no. 66, 5
- Related Work:
- Belongs with ID no. 533.
- Repository:
- Cornell University (current)
Rome, Vatican Museums (original) - Collecting Program:
- Cornell Collections of Antiquities
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Casts are protected by copyright, and the copyright holders are their creators, generally Cornell University Library, Annetta Alexandridis, and Verity Platt. This collection of plaster casts owned by Cornell University was photographed by Cornell University Library, Alexandridis, Platt, and Andreya L. Mihaloew from 2010-2015, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Annetta Alexandridis. Cornell is providing access to the materials for research and personal use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact Annetta Alexandridis and Verity Platt for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.