# Bellerophon Fighting the Chimaera

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SCHALLER, Johann Nepomuk](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/schaller-johann-nepomuk-r4cc5334f6014e8>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Marble, height 210 cm

## Commentary

On receiving a commission from the court to work up a lifesize male statue of youthful age, he opted for a group based on Bellerophon Fighting the Chimaera. For this sculpture, Schaller used as his model Canova&#39;s recently completed group of Theseus and the Centaur. &lt;P&gt; &lt;TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR=&#34;\#99CCCC&#34;&gt; &lt;TR VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt;&lt;TD&gt;&lt;IMG SRC=&#34;/support/gif/listen.gif&#34; BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE&gt; Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 2 minutes\):&lt;BR&gt;&lt;A HREF=&#34;\#&#34; onClick=&#34;w=window.open \(&#39;/music1/17\_cent/lully\_bellerophon.html&#39;, &#39;newWin&#39;, &#39;scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350&#39;\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true&#34;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Jean-Baptiste Lully: Bellérophon, Air&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;

## Attribution

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