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The Muse of History

ca. 1789
Not on view
Dannecker evolved a weighty, very distinguished style of neoclassicism after training in Paris and Rome. Comparisons with standing figures of Tragedy and History in a relief of 1789 and a seated Girl with a Bird of 1790 make it likely that Dannecker modeled our statuette in Rome or soon after his return to Stuttgart in 1789.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Muse of History
  • Artist: Johann Heinrich von Dannecker (German, Stuttgart 1758–1841 Stuttgart)
  • Date: ca. 1789
  • Culture: German, Stuttgart
  • Medium: Terracotta
  • Dimensions: 28 1/2 × 18 × 13 1/2 in. (72.4 × 45.7 × 34.3 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Paul E. Manheim, 1969
  • Object Number: 69.288
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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