#marble statue

triflingthing:

a little desk in a little church in uppsala

Giuseppe Sanmartino, Amorini in lotta (1765-70), Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Napoli.

Ignoto,Fontana della Spinacoronao delle zizze (metà XVI sec.), Napoli.

Bindweed and marble on pink quartz. Wanted to do something small and hear-shaped, so here’s another enchanted statue

Tides are coming to the lower Halls. I’ve read ‘Piranesi’ and I don’t want to leave.

Don’t know about you, but I’d like some angelic power now. It really feels like only some celestial interference could help us. And I’m not even Christian. But angels are cool, so whatever. Another statue coming alive, answering the prayer.

James Pradier (1790-1852)
“Hurt Niobid” (1822)
Marble
Neoclassical
Located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

In Greek mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe had boastfully compared her greater number of children with those of Leto, Apollo’s and Artemis’ mother; this is a classic example of hubris.

Augustin Pajou (1730-1809)
“Mercury” (1780)
Marble
Located in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, France