Theseus and the Minotaur

E330891

marble sculpture neoclassical sculpture sculpture

"Theseus and the Minotaur" is a renowned neoclassical marble sculpture by Antonio Canova depicting the Greek hero Theseus victorious over the slain Minotaur.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Theseus and the Minotaur canonical	9
Theseus and the Labyrinth	1
Theseus and the Minotaur cycle	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	marble sculpture ⓘ neoclassical sculpture ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
artForm	freestanding sculpture ⓘ statue ⓘ
artHistoricalPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
artisticTheme	classical virtue ⓘ heroism ⓘ triumph over barbarism ⓘ
basedOn	myth of Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ
catalogCode	Victoria and Albert Museum inventory number A.13-1959 ⓘ
collection	Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ surface form: Victoria and Albert Museum sculpture collection
commissionedBy	Girolamo Zulian ⓘ
completionDate	1783 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Antonio Canova ⓘ
depictionMoment	after Theseus has killed the Minotaur ⓘ
depictionStyle	idealized classical anatomy ⓘ
depicts	Greek mythology ⓘ Minotaur ⓘ Theseus ⓘ heroic nude male figure ⓘ slain Minotaur ⓘ
genre	Neoclassicism ⓘ
hasPart	body of the Minotaur ⓘ figure of Theseus ⓘ rocky base ⓘ
height	approximately 145 cm ⓘ
inception	1781 ⓘ
influencedBy	classical Greek sculpture ⓘ
languageOfWork	none ⓘ
locatedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
location	Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ
mainSubject	victory of Theseus over the Minotaur ⓘ
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
movement	Neoclassicism ⓘ
notableFor	early masterpiece of Antonio Canova ⓘ exemplary neoclassical composition ⓘ
placeOfCreation	Rome ⓘ
significantWorkOf	Antonio Canova ⓘ
subjectHeading	Minotaur ⓘ surface form: Minotaur (Greek mythology) Theseus ⓘ surface form: Theseus (Greek mythology)
title	Theseus and the Minotaur self-link ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Antonio Canova → notableWork → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

labyrinth of the Minotaur → mythologicalSettingOf → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

subject surface form: Labyrinth of the Minotaur

Canova → notableWork → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

Pasiphaë → relatedMyth → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

Labyrinth → mythCluster → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and the Minotaur cycle

myths of Theseus → includesMyth → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Theseus and the Labyrinth

Antoine-Louis Barye → notableWork → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

Aegeus → associatedWithMyth → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ

Theseus and the Minotaur → title → Theseus and the Minotaur self-link ⓘ

Life of Theseus → containsAccountOf → Theseus and the Minotaur ⓘ