Terpsichore

Fagnani, Giuseppe (1819-1873)


Item type:
painting
Date of creation:
19th century
Height:
110.5 cm  (43 1/2 in.)
Width:
83.8 cm  (33 in.)
Signature: [at lower right]: J.F. Inscription: [at upper left]: TEPSIXOPH [in Greek]
Technique / Medium:
oil on canvas

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American Paintings and Sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 74.44]Gift of an Association of Ladies and Gentlemen, 1874

Description

The Muse, dancing.

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Image URLs

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Notes

This is one of a series of nine paintings depicting American society belles as Muses (all at the Metropolitan Museum of New York). According to contemporary accounts, the project was intended to prove that American women were as beautiful as their European counterparts. The model for "Terpsichore" was Mrs George Lorillard Ronalds of New York.

RIdIM record id

3212