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Maker(s):Ipsen, Rasmus Peter
Culture:Danish (1815-1860)
Title:Amphora
Date Made:1850-1870
Type:Ceramic
Materials:ceramic
Place Made:Europe; Denmark; Copenhagen
Measurements:Overall: 21 1/4 in x 10 1/4 in x 10 3/16 in; 54 cm x 26 cm x 25.9 cm
Accession Number:  AC C.XX.2
Credit Line:Collection of the Mead Art Museum, Amherst College
Museum Collection:  Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
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Description:
On body: Hygeia and seated Asclepius. Copy of 1808 design executed in plaster by Bertel Thorvaldsen (Danish, 1770-1844) while in Rome. Design executed in 1825 as marble roundel on facade of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. Also reproduced as an engraving by brothers Franz and Johannes Riepenhausen (German, 1786-1831 Franz; 1787-1860 Johannes) between 1808 and 1813 when they were in Rome.

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