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| Keywords: Sketch of a French Empire style clock. Hebe.jpg en Watercolour and gouache over lithographic line on laid paper Inscribed Ie Lithoge de C M R des Marais 13 Numbered 21 Dimensions 68 6 cm by 50 8 cm To be executed in gilt bronze rouge and black marble; enamel dial; black marble platform A female figure with ewer and wine cup one elbow resting on an altar topped by a lyre and a laurel wreath and containing the clock its dial surrounded by floral motifs a half-column to the side supporting a two-handled covered urn The frieze with quivers suspending swags of rose flowers with butterflies above Hebe the Greek goddess of Youth Roman Juventas was the daughter of Jupiter and Juno and wed Hercules on his apotheosis to Olympus the seat of the gods She was cupbearer and general handmaiden to the gods hence the winged caps to the front of the altar below the dial in the present design A wine ewer and cup were her attributes She is most frequently depicted offering an eagle Jupiter in one of his guises a cup of nectar that she has just poured from her ewer http //watercolours-drawings com/details asp subGalID 5 index 24 author between 1814 1820 PD-Art French Empire style mantel clock Sketches Hebe mythology | ||||
