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Nessus Abducting Dejanira
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Nessus Abducting Dejanira

modeled 1814–15, carved 1821–23 or 1826

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

confirmed: 39 1/2 × 49 1/2 × 5 3/4 in., 414 lb. (100.3 × 125.7 × 14.6 cm, 187.8 kg) historic dimensions, superceded: 47 1/4 × 49 3/16 in. (120 × 125 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, 2004

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Culture

Danish, sculpted Rome

Rights

Public Domain

About Bertel Thorvaldsen

1768–1844Kingdom of Denmark

Danish sculptor. Comment on works: sculptor