The Grinder
Ukendt
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Date:
C. 250-200 BC
Type:
Statue
Materials:
Bronze, granite
Measurements:
Pictures
Facts
Owner:
Copenhagen Municipality
Donated by:
The Albertina Foundation
Prework:
The bronze statue was made after a Roman marble copy in the Galleria degli uffizi, Florence, inv. no. 230. The copy was made after a no longer existing Hellenistic original from Pergamon from c. 250-200 BC.
Placement
Address:
The Ørsted Park
Litterature
Recommended litterature:
Ellinor Wensche: Friluftskunsten i København, København 1932, 54. Charles Haugbøll: Ørstedsparken, København 1933, 30, 44-45, 49. Monumenter Mindesmærker og Statuer i København Frederiksberg og Gjentofte, København 1944, 30. Legatet 'Albertina'. I anledning af legatets 80 aars dag den 18. november 1959, København 1959, 7-8, 12. Hovedstadens monumenter mindetavler museer. En vejviser, København 1962, 66. Bent Zinglersen: Københavnske monumenter og mindesmærker, København 1974, 220. Erik Wassard i: København før og nu – og aldrig. En billedkavalkade om København inden for voldene og søerne, red. Bo Bramsen, Bind 10: Nørrevold, Østervold og Kastellet, København 1990, 99. Jens Peter Munk: Bronze & granit. Monumenter i Københavns Kommune, København 2005, 170
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Description
On account of the broad face, the big mouth and the tousled hair, this man can be identified as a Scythian or barbarian. The way in which he is looking upwards suggests that he forms part of a larger narrative composition. He was originally part of a group of figures.
Marsyas had challenged Apollo, the god of art, in playing the flute. The god won, but he was so angry that Marsyas had dared challange him that he hung him up in a tree and flayed him.
The kneeling grinder is seen the moment he has finished sharpening the knife the god will use to flay Marsyas.
