Lot 167 A Bow figure of a muse, probably Calliope, circa 1750-54
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A Bow figure of a muse, probably Calliope, circa 1750-54
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By the 'Muses Modeller', the winged lady seated with her arm around a marbled obelisk to her left, wearing white and yellow robes with a puce neckline and crowned with a laurel wreath, a gilt blue bangle on her upper right arm, military trophies at her feet, including a banner, sword, shield and plumed helmet, picked out in colours and gilding, 17cm high
Footnotes
Provenance
Joseph Handley Collection;
Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no.34
Literature
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.213, fig.d
Some examples of this figure are inscribed 'polimnie' on the obelisk and so she has in the past been identified as Polyhymnia, the muse of sacred poetry and oratory, but the martial attributes may instead indicate that she represents Calliope, the only muse as yet unidentified, see Mavis Bimson, 'The Missing Muse', ECC Trans, Vol.19, Pt.3, 2006, pp.569-72. Calliope presides over epic poetry telling the deeds of heroes. This figure is the only winged muse known at Bow, perhaps a nod to Calliope's prominence as 'Chief of the Muses'. On this basis Raymond Yarbrough echoes Aubrey Toppin's suggestion that this figure might even be winged Victory or Nike and not a muse at all, see , 1996, p.78. Another coloured version is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, , 1992, p.70, pl.25 and was sold by Bonhams as part of his collection on 24 January 2007, lot 21.
Footnotes
Provenance
Joseph Handley Collection;
Simon Spero exhibition, 2012, no.34
Literature
White, Mary, People at the Whites' House, Vol.5, 2024, p.213, fig.d
Some examples of this figure are inscribed 'polimnie' on the obelisk and so she has in the past been identified as Polyhymnia, the muse of sacred poetry and oratory, but the martial attributes may instead indicate that she represents Calliope, the only muse as yet unidentified, see Mavis Bimson, 'The Missing Muse', ECC Trans, Vol.19, Pt.3, 2006, pp.569-72. Calliope presides over epic poetry telling the deeds of heroes. This figure is the only winged muse known at Bow, perhaps a nod to Calliope's prominence as 'Chief of the Muses'. On this basis Raymond Yarbrough echoes Aubrey Toppin's suggestion that this figure might even be winged Victory or Nike and not a muse at all, see , 1996, p.78. Another coloured version is illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, , 1992, p.70, pl.25 and was sold by Bonhams as part of his collection on 24 January 2007, lot 21.
