The young Sophocles leading the chorus of victory after the battle of Salamis

Donoghue, John (1853-1903)


Item type:
sculpture
Date of creation:
1885
Height:
234.3 cm  (92 1/4 in.)
Width:
134.6 cm  (53 in.)
Depth:
82.6 cm  (32 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
bronze

    Item location

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    American paintings and sculpture[Museum inv. no.: 27.65]Inscribed (on base, in Greek): Sophocles Salamis. Founder's mark: Gorham Co.

Description

Sophocles holding in left hand a lyre (no pegs and strings depicted) that is propped on his left shoulder; the right hand in the position of plucking the strings.

People as subjects

Sophocles (497 or 496-406 or 405 BCE) (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Lyre [3501]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

RIdIM record id

3700