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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Clytie
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Clytie

Artist William Henry Rinehart (American, 1825-1874)
CultureAmerican
Date1872
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 47 3/8 x 13 1/8 x 15 3/4 in. (120.3 x 33.3 x 40 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Ricau and Museum purchase
Object number86.514
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 208
DescriptionMarble sculpture of a standing nude female figure.

Label TextWilliam Henry Rinehart American, 1825–1874 Clytie, 1872 Marble Clytie reflects the Neoclassical passion for ancient Roman subject matter and the idealized nude form. It depicts a mythological water nymph who fell in love with the sun god Apollo. When the god rejected her, the forlorn Clytie watched Apollo as he traveled across the sky for nine days straight. The gods finally took pity on her and changed her into a sunflower, a plant that always turns its face toward the sun just like the heartbroken nymph. The sunflower held by this Clytie alludes to both her coming transformation and the constancy of love. Gift of James H. Ricau and Museum purchase 86.514 Exhibition History"The Ricau Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., February 26 - April 23, 1989. "Reopening of the Joan P. Brock Galleries," Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., Opening in March of 2008.
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Henry Rinehart
modeled ca. 1859, carved ca. 1870
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Henry Rinehart
modeled ca. 1858-59, carved 1874
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
William Henry Rinehart
1874
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
William Henry Rinehart
ca. 1860s
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Hiram Powers
modeled ca.1865-67, carved after 1868
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
William Wetmore Story
modeled ca. 1851-58, carved 1858
New photography by Ed Pollard captured with a digital camera-2008.
Joseph Mozier
19th century
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Richard Henry Park
ca. 1880
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Richard Henry Park
ca. 1871-1874
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
Unknown
19th century
4x5 transparency scanned on Hasselblad Flextight X1 by Ed Pollard-2020.
Emma Stebbins
modeled ca. 1865-66, carved 1870