Terpsichore, Muse of Choral, Lyric and Dance
Cliveden Conservation Workshop
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Composite stone
Measurements
1960 mm (Height)
Collection
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
NT 91976.4.1
Summary
Statue of Terpsichore, the Muse of Choral, Lyric & Dance
Full description
Terpsichore, is depicted as a full-length classical woman in drapery, the hem pinned up to expose the proper left leg and draped across the body to expose the shoulders. Euterpe is standing in contrapposto. The Muse of Choral, Lyric and Dance, is shown holding her attribute a Viol, resting on her proper left thigh and held by her proper left hand. She holds the Bow within her proper right hand. Her head is tilted slightly to the proper right, and her face is shown with a merry countenance. Upon her head she wears a coronet of feathers (woodpecker)
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