Sujet

Three Tyches; The Three cities, (19th century?). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Three Tyches; The Three cities, (19th century?). Tyche was the daughter of Oceanus and was the goddess of Fortune. Since the Hellenistic period each city had its own Tyche, and she was represented as a guardian goddess of city with a crown shaped like the city walls or ramparts. Plaster cast after an original in the Louvre Museum, Paris.

Date

1800

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts

Notre référence

HRM26A44_467

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67.1Mo (7.0Mo) / 40.0cm x 42.0cm / 4725 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

city cities female women woman people hat religious wall walls town arts religion shape hats sculpture art clothes British headdress color relief dress walled city goddesses headdresses location century Britain clothing crown crowns concept cast mould APPAREL goddess headgear head-dress mold Plaster Cast Colour allegory drapery 19th century bas relief bas-relief allegorical allegorical figures City Walls allegorical figure nineteenth century artistic school walled town sculpture Unknown Tyche town wall walled cities 19th-century head-dresses clothing & dress fashion & clothing Royal Academy of Arts