Pair of vases

Manufacturer Frederick Sonne
Decorator V. Wendrich
After marble reliefs by Bertel Thorvaldsen Danish

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These vases are decorated with scenes based on marble reliefs of 1825 by the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) that are on the facade of the Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen. On .1, Minerva, goddess of wisdom, places a butterfly, image of the soul, upon the head of a man of clay formed by Prometheus; on .2, Nemesis, goddess of retributive justice, reads the records of a man's like to Jupiter, seated on his tribunal and holding a thunderbolt.

Pair of vases, Frederick Sonne, Terracotta, Danish, Copenhagen

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Pair of vases, Frederick Sonne, Terracotta, Danish, Copenhagen
Pair of vases, Frederick Sonne, Terracotta, Danish, Copenhagen

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