Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture)

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ancient Roman marble sculpture statue of Hermaphroditus

Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture) is an ancient Roman marble statue, famous for its sensuous depiction of the reclining, androgynous figure of Hermaphroditus, displayed on a mattress sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and housed in the Louvre Museum.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Louvre Sleeping Hermaphroditus 1
Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture) canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Roman marble sculpture ⓘ
statue of Hermaphroditus ⓘ
artForm sculpture ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance frequently discussed in studies of gender in classical art ⓘ
important example of Roman copy of Greek original ⓘ
artMovement Ancient Roman art ⓘ
associatedPerson Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
basedOn Hellenistic Greek original ⓘ
baseSculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
collection Louvre Museum ⓘ
culture Roman ⓘ
currentStatus on public display ⓘ
depicts Hermaphroditus ⓘ
depictsMythologicalFigure Hermaphroditus ⓘ
displayedAt Louvre Museum ⓘ
surface form: Louvre Museum, Paris
genre classical sculpture ⓘ
hasBase Baroque marble mattress ⓘ
hasLanguageOfTitle French ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
hasPart mattress sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
iconography ambiguous sexual characteristics ⓘ
sleeping nude figure ⓘ
inception early 2nd century CE ⓘ
locatedIn France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
location Louvre Museum ⓘ
materialUsed marble ⓘ
mattressSculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini ⓘ
museumDepartment Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities ⓘ
museumInventory Louvre Museum ⓘ
surface form: Louvre collection of classical antiquities
mythologicalContext Hermaphroditus ⓘ
surface form: Hermaphroditus, child of Hermes and Aphrodite
notableFor combination of ancient Roman statue and Baroque mattress base ⓘ
sensuous depiction of sleeping androgynous body ⓘ
period Imperial Roman period ⓘ
pose reclining figure ⓘ
subjectGender androgynous ⓘ
theme gender ambiguity ⓘ
mythology ⓘ
sleep ⓘ
title Sleeping Hermaphroditus ⓘ
viewingAngle surprise of revealed androgyny from rear view ⓘ

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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Subject: Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture)
Description of subject: Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture) is an ancient Roman marble statue, famous for its sensuous depiction of the reclining, androgynous figure of Hermaphroditus, displayed on a mattress sculpted by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and housed in the Louvre Museum.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermaphroditus → notableArtwork → Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture) ⓘ
Sleeping Hermaphroditus → hasVersion → Sleeping Hermaphroditus (Louvre sculpture) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Louvre Sleeping Hermaphroditus