Category:Niobids Group (Uffizi)

Niobe Group 

group of statues in the Uffizi Gallery
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Instance of	group of sculptures
Main subject	Niobids
Location	Italy
Collection	Gallerie degli Uffizi
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Statues of the Uffizi Niobe Group

The 10 Niobids from the Vigna Tommasini: • Niobe and her youngest daughter. Inv. No. 294. • Elder male Niobid. Inv. No. 302. • Younger male Niobid. Inv. No. 292. • Fleeing female Niobid. Inv. No. 293. • Fleeing female Niobid, Chiaramonti type. Inv. No. 300. • Dying male Niobid. Inv. No. 298. • Male Niobid on his knee. Inv. No. 289. • Male Niobid climbing a rock (or second Niobid). Inv. No. 13864. • Male Niobid climbing a rock (or third Niobid). Inv. No. 306. • Pedagogue. Inv. No. 301.

(The 11th statue, "Psyche", is in the Bardini Museum, Florence.)

4 doubles: • Male Niobid on his knee. Inv. No. 290. • Male Niobid climbing a rock (or second Niobid). Inv. No. 304. • Male Niobid climbing a rock (or third Niobid). Inv. No. 291. • "Psyche in torment". Inv. No. 305.

4 added Niobids: • Muse restored as a Niobid. Inv. No. 297. • Muse, so-called "Anchyrroe" (a water nymph). Inv. No. 303. Acquired by Ferdinando de Medici in 1582 with the della Valle Collection of Cardinal Andrea della Valle (1463-1534). • So-called "Narkissos" (or "Narcissus"). Inv. No. 299. Perhaps a Niobid, with a modern head. Added to the group at the suggestion of Thorvaldsen (see below). • "Selene", so-called "Trophos" (Nurse). Inv. No. 296. Known before 1583, unknown provenance.