Pegasus with Calliope
Title
Pegasus with Calliope
front right view
Description
One of a pair; designed for the Imperial Opera House in Vienna; briefly installed on that building, but thought to be out of scale and taken down. Bought by Philadelphian Robert Gratz who gave it to the Fairmount Park Commission, they were set up in front of Memorial Hall for the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Creator
Pilz, Vincenz (Austrian sculptor, 1816-1896)
Source
Ralph Lieberman: Architectural Photography
Photographer: Ralph Lieberman
Date
1861, installed 1876
Rights
Ralph Lieberman
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Identifier
CP2015-037
Coverage
Memorial Hall, Philadelphia PA.
Repository: Memorial Hall, Philadelphia, PA.
Files
Collection
Citation
Pilz, Vincenz (Austrian sculptor, 1816-1896), “Pegasus with Calliope,” Classicizing Philadelphia, accessed April 25, 2024, https://classicizingphiladelphia.omeka.net/items/show/130.