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Ganymede
Paris (after Antonio Canova)
Ganymede
about 1850
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
Overall: 53.3 x 31.8 x 25.7 cm (21 x 12 1/2 x 10 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Henry Lyman
Accession NumberRES.56.82a
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsSculpture
Little is known about the origin of this sculpture and its companion "Mercury," exhibited nearby. During the nineteenth century, they decorated the library of Theodore Lyman's home in Brookline, Massachusetts. Formerly identified as Ganymede, this head is actually a copy after a work by much-admired Italian Neoclassical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Paris was a handsome Trojan shepherd, whose love for beautiful Spartan queen Helen brought about the Trojan War.
DescriptionSeparate shaped plinth, and pink marble column.
ProvenanceTheodore Lyman, Brookline, Mass.; Mrs. Henry Lyman, Canton, Mass.; given to the Museum in 1956.