Ganymede and the Eagle: C.4-1979

Titles

Ganymede and the Eagle

Maker(s)

Factory: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Factory
Sculptor: Thorvaldsen, Bertel (After)

Entities

• Figure group

Categories

• Hard-paste porcelain

Description

Hard-paste biscuit porcelain, moulded. The rectangular base has straight sides and a flat top. Ganymede kneels on the right, holding a ewer in his right hand, and a bowl in his left hand, from which the eagle drinks. The eagle stands on the left of the base, with its tail feathers projecting over it.

Notes

History note: Unknown before Countess Shelagh Rietberg

Legal notes

Given by Countess Shelagh Reitberg

Place(s) associated

• Copenhagen ⪼ Denmark

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1979) by Rietberg, Shelagh, Countess

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Circa 1873 CE - 1888 CE

Note

This group, which first appeared in 1847, is after a marble of 1817 by Bertel Thorwaldsen (1790-1844), now in the Minneapolis Institute of Art. Another marble is in the Thorvaldsen Museum, Copenhagen, and several reduced versions were produced in the sculptor'sstudio; an example at Waddesdon Manor is probably one of these.

School or Style

Neoclassical