Neo-classical school, circa 1800

Neo-classical school, circa 1800
Achilles and Penthesilea
White marble group.
H. 47 cm (of which base 8 cm) W. 46 l. 37 cm

This marble group representing Achilles and the Queen of the Amazons Penthesia recalls the taste for ancient
dramatic narration at the time of the Grand Tour. He freezes in marble the tragic moment when Achilles, who has just
pierced with his Penthesile sword, falls in love with the fierce warrior.
This scene thus takes up a theme exploited by the greatest neoclassical artists such as Canova, but also
by artists of the Nordic school who made their reputation in Rome, Johan Tobias Sergel (1740-1814) or Berthel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844).
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