Nessus Abducting Dejanira. Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1770-1844 Copenhagen). Culture: Danish, sculpted Rome. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 39 1/2 x W. 49 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (100.3 x 125.7 x 14.6 cm). Patron: Commissioned by Count Paolo Marulli. Date: modeled 1814-15, carved 1821-23 or 1826.In early-nineteenth-century Rome only Antonio Canova rivaled the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. One area in which the Dane was the acknowledged master was the independent relief; a contemporary critic termed Thorvaldsen the "patriarch of the bas-relief." While these tended to be small scale, compact, and restrained, in emulation of the ancient compositions that Neoclassical artists revered, this one is unusual for its large size, bold plasticity, and sensual subject. The well known myth concerns the centaur Nessus's betrayal of Hercules' trust: charged with carrying Hercules' wife across the river Euenus, the centaur tries to abduct her but is slain by a poisoned arrow shot b

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Nessus Abducting Dejanira. Artist: Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, Copenhagen 1770-1844 Copenhagen). Culture: Danish, sculpted Rome. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 39 1/2 x W. 49 1/2 x D. 5 3/4 in. (100.3 x 125.7 x 14.6 cm). Patron: Commissioned by Count Paolo Marulli. Date: modeled 1814-15, carved 1821-23 or 1826.In early-nineteenth-century Rome only Antonio Canova rivaled the sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. One area in which the Dane was the acknowledged master was the independent relief; a contemporary critic termed Thorvaldsen the "patriarch of the bas-relief." While these tended to be small scale, compact, and restrained, in emulation of the ancient compositions that Neoclassical artists revered, this one is unusual for its large size, bold plasticity, and sensual subject. The well known myth concerns the centaur Nessus's betrayal of Hercules' trust: charged with carrying Hercules' wife across the river Euenus, the centaur tries to abduct her but is slain by a poisoned arrow shot b

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