Pair Of Antique Sculptures Representing Atalante And Hippomène, 19th Century

Pair of brown patina bronze sculptures inspired by Greek mythology each mounted with an onyx base, form a dynamic group. The flight of the drapery in their backs as the extent of their strides suggest the speed of the race.

Origin : France
Period : 1860
Total height : 10.62 in

In Greek mythology, Atalante has outstanding physical performance for a woman. Her father wishing to marry her, she wanted to take as husband only the one who could beat her in the race, those who fail would be put to death. Many pretenders died thus, until Hippomene, who helped Aphrodite, presented herself with three apples of gold, from the garden of the Hesperides, given by the goddess in her race, curious, the young girl stopped to pick them up, and was thus overtaken on arrival.