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| Name: |
Niobe |
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| Description: |
Cast
from a complete Roman copy of a Hellenistic group. Florence, Uffizi
gallery. H. 0.9m. Bust of Niobe, looking pleadingly at the twins Apollo
and Artemis (not part of the original group) as she shelters her youngest
daughters behind her own body. Her hair is bound by a fillet and tumbles
down her back and shoulders. She wears a sleeveless chiton. |
| Date: |
c. 320-280
B.C. |
| Discussion: |
Pliny
attributed this sculpture to either Skopas or Praxiteles. It brims
with pathos, Niobe's expression a mixture of horror and pleading as
she pays for her foolish boast that her children were better than
those of Leto (Apollo and Artemis). See Robertson 1981: 163. |
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