Amazon Preparing for Battle (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta?), or Armed Venus

Provenance

Private collection, New York, by early 1987; (Pegasus Fine Arts, New York), by May 1987;[1] purchased 29 May 1987 by NGA. [1] Dealer's information sheet (in NGA curatorial files).

Amazon Preparing for Battle (Queen Antiope or Hippolyta?), or Armed Venus

Hébert, Pierre-Eugène-Emile

model c. 1860/1872, cast by 1882

Accession Number

1987.25.1

Medium

bronze

Dimensions

overall: 65.3 x 40.6 x 26.6 cm (25 11/16 x 16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund