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Clytie


Collection: Gray's School of Art Cast Collection; Gray's School of Art Sculpture Collection
Object Type: Sculpture
Artist/Maker: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Media/Materials: Plaster
Dimensions: 48.5 x 71 x 29 cm.

Description:

Clytie (a female figure from Greek mythology, who fell in love with Helios, the sun - it all ended rather sadly, and she became a flower that looked always to the sun, the heliotropium (Gk) or turnsole (Middle Eng).


Object Number: ABDRG11232