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Hylas Abducted by River-Nymphs, AX387

Luigi Rocca

Thorvaldsens Museum

Bertel Thorvaldsen
1770-1844

Hylas Abducted by River-Nymphs

Production Date
Ca. 1837
Type of Work / Object
Sculpture > Relief

Location
- Italy > Lazio > Rome > Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia > Atrium > Door 4

Catalogue Number
AX387
Catalogue Level / Collection
Thorvaldsen's Art > Thorvaldsen's Sculptures (AX)

Motif / Theme

Additional Catalogue Information

- Material
  Stone > Marble
- Technique
  Carved
Version / Edition
Marble Version

Dimension

Height 100 cm
Width 200 cm

Art Form / Craft
Sculpture

Culture / Period European > Modernity (1800 - 1914)
Art Movement / Style
- Neoclassicism

Commissioner
- Alessandro Torlonia
Commission Date
Presumably 1837

Owner
- Palazzo Giraud-Torlonia
- Acquisition Mode
  Relocated from Palazzo Torlonia, Piazza Venezia
- Acquisition Date
  1900

Permalink
https://kataloget.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk/en/AX387

Sources / Literature

- Laila Skjøthaug: Catalogue of Bertel Thorvaldsen's Works, Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844), 2015, 438.2