Pegasus with Erato
1861, installed 1876
One of a pair; designed for the Imperial Opera House in Vienna; briefly installed on that building, but thought to be out of scale and taken down. Bought by Philadelphian Robert Gratz who gave them to the Fairmount Park Commission, they were set up in front of Memorial Hall for the Centennial Exposition of 1876.
Source
Ralph Lieberman: Architectural Photography
Rights
Ralph Lieberman
Coverage
Memorial Hall, Philadelphia PA
Format
Pilz, Vincenz (Austrian sculptor, 1816-1896), “Pegasus with Erato,” Classicizing Philadelphia, accessed May 2, 2024, https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/classicizingphiladelphia/items/show/480.