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København, Sjælland, Thorvaldsens museum, allegory

cat.323: Minerva endows Prometheus's clay creation with a soul {a butterfly} ;
marble, 80.5cm.ø, 1840 {possibly by Johann Scholl} following cat.319 ;
allegory of wisdom

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København, Sjælland, Thorvaldsens museum, allegory

cat.324: Nemesis reads to Jupiter a list of the guilty ;
marble, 80.5cm.ø, 1810 following cat.320 ;
allegory of justice

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København, Sjælland, Thorvaldsens museum, allegory

cat.321: Hebe, goddess of youth, pours Hercules the draught of immortality ;
marble, 81.5cm.ø, 1829-40 {possibly by Johann Scholl} following cat.317 ;
allegory of strength

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København, Sjælland, Thorvaldsens museum, allegory

cat.318: Hygieia, the goddess of health, gives a health-giving drink to the snake winding itself around the staff of her father Aesculapius, the god of medicine ;
plaster, 146.5cm.ø, 1808 ;
allegory of health

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