Hebe the Goddess of Youth Statue


By artist Bertel Thorwaldsen (1768-1844) Thorwaldsen Museum Copenhagen

Item# FAM-KY71304

Was: $179.00 – $899.00 Now: $133.00 – $899.00

Hailed as the successor to Venetian sculptor Antonio Canova, Danish artist Thorwaldsen was renowned for his renderings of mythological and classical figures. The Hebe statue, portrayed here as the official cupbearer of the Greek Olympian gods, personified the eternal beauty of youth. Hebe, the daughter of Zeus and Hera, is an investment in classic European garden sculpture, our artistic garden statue is cast in quality designer resin and hand finished one statue at a time. Her sculptural likeness can be found in the gardens and grand marble hallways of the finest estates of Europe. Now bring her quintessential European elegance to your own home or grounds.
  • Product Details

    • Large Statue fits on our Grande English Rosette Garden Sculptural Plinth CL5193, or Classic Statuary Plinth Base: Large NG314100, or Corinthian Pillar Capital JQ7665.
    • Estate Statue fits on our Laurel Plinth NE80097, or Hercules Plinth NE306082, or English Bow Column Plinth NE80092.
  • About The Artist

      Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844)
      Bertel Thorvaldsen was the first critically acclaimed Danish artist and an outstanding example of the Neoclassical style of sculpture. The son of an Icelandic wood-carver who settled in Denmark Thorvaldsen studied at the Copenhagen Academy and won a traveling scholarship to Rome where he was to live most of his life. In Italy the prevailing enthusiasm for classical sculpture ignited his imagination so much that he later celebrated the date of his arrival in 1797 as his Roman Birthday.

      The success of Thorvaldsen's model for a statue of Jason and the Golden Fleece attracted the attention of the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova and launched Thorvaldsen on one of the most successful careers of the 19th century.

      Thorvaldsen created numerous sculptural works inspired by Greek mythology such as Hebe the Goddess of Youth and Eros and Dionysus. He also sculpted portraits of important contemporary personalities and historic figures.

      Per his final wishes much of Bertel Thorvaldsen's fortune was donated to the endowment of a Neoclassical museum in Copenhagen that began construction in 1939. Housed in the museum are his art collections and the models for all his sculptures. Thorvaldsen also expressed to be buried in the museum and his body was laid to rest as he so desired.

      More works by this artist
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  • Weights & Dimensions

    • Large: 10.5"Wx8.5"Dx32"H. 15 lbs.
    • Large Base: 8.25"Wx7"Dx1.75"H.
    • Estate: 20"Wx15"Dx62.5"H. 62 lbs.
Was: $179.00 Now: $133.00

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By artist Bertel Thorwaldsen (1768-1844) Thorwaldsen Museum Copenhagen

$899.00

Expected back in stock: August 18

By artist Bertel Thorwaldsen (1768-1844) Thorwaldsen Museum Copenhagen

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