Calliope, Muse of Epic or Heroic Poetry
Cliveden Conservation Workshop
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
1960 mm (Height)
Collection
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
NT 91976.2.1
Summary
Statue of Calliope, the Muse of Epic or Heroic Poetry
Full description
Calliope is depicted as a full-length classical woman in drapery, the hem pinned up to expose the proper right leg and draped across the body to expose the proper left shoulder. The Muse of Epic ofrHeroic Poetry is turning to proper left and standing in contrapposto. In her outstretched proper left hand she carries her attribute of a garland of bay leaves. Within her proper right hand, she holds three books of heroic poetry with ‘ILLADEOS’, ‘ODYSSEOS’ and ‘AENEIDOS’ on the spines.
Provenance
Commissioned by the National Trust and installed in Stowe Gardens in February 2020. This statue was recreated as part of the statue group Apollo and the Nine Muses. These statues were recreated as an artistic commission in the spirit of the lost original eighteenth century statue group.
Makers and roles
Cliveden Conservation Workshop, creator