Hebe - Goddess of Youth after Antiquity
Lot-No. 641
Proceeds : 4.400 €
Around 1900. Alabaster. H. 66 cm. On the back with sales mark 'F.P: Sanson Succ. Hamburg' (perfumery and luxury goods shop at Neuer Wall 4, founded in the 19th century by François Pierre Sanson, still mentioned in 1955). Bowl chipped. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods, inspired sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Berthel Thorvaldsen and Etienne Falconet to create new works in modern times -
Hebe - Goddess of Youth after Antiquity
Hebe - Goddess of Youth after Antiquity
Lot-No. 641
Proceeds : 4.400 €
Around 1900. Alabaster. H. 66 cm. On the back with sales mark 'F.P: Sanson Succ. Hamburg' (perfumery and luxury goods shop at Neuer Wall 4, founded in the 19th century by François Pierre Sanson, still mentioned in 1955). Bowl chipped. Hebe, the Greek goddess of youth and cupbearer of the gods, inspired sculptors such as Antonio Canova, Berthel Thorvaldsen and Etienne Falconet to create new works in modern times -
