Dancing Maenad, plaster, 1895

Dancing Maenad, plaster, 1895

Ney executed this statue as part of a competition sponsored by the last German emperor, Wilhelm II. German scholars had recently excavated the Acropolis and brought back fragments of the celebrated Pergamon Altar to reconstruct in Berlin. The contest asked artists to recreate some of the dancing figures found on the friezes, many of which were recovered in a broken and incomplete state.

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907

Elisabet Ney Museum: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/elisabet-ney-museum

1895

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