The Muse of History
Dannecker evolved a weighty, very distinguished style of neoclassicism after training in Paris and Rome. Comparisons with standing figures of Tragedy and History in a relief of 1789 and a seated Girl with a Bird of 1790 make it likely that Dannecker modeled our statuette in Rome or soon after his return to Stuttgart in 1789.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Muse of History
- Artist: Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (German, Stuttgart 1758–1841 Stuttgart)
- Date: ca. 1789
- Culture: German, Stuttgart
- Medium: Terracotta
- Dimensions: 28 1/2 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (72.4 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul E. Manheim, 1969
- Object Number: 69.288
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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