Portrait Bust of the Honorable Mrs. Pellew [later Lady Pellew]
Bertel Thorvaldsen, Danish (active Rome and Copenhagen) 1770 - 1844
Geography:
Made in Rome, Italy, Europe
Date:
1817Medium:
MarbleDimensions:
Height (with base): 22 1/8 inches (56.2 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
1994-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the bequest of Walter E. Stait, 1994
Made in Rome, Italy, Europe
Date:
1817Medium:
MarbleDimensions:
Height (with base): 22 1/8 inches (56.2 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
* Gallery 293, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:1994-1-1Credit Line:
Purchased with funds from the bequest of Walter E. Stait, 1994
Label:
The sitter was on her wedding trip in Rome when this bust was carved by Thorvaldsen, the most admired European portrait sculptor of his day. The artist’s care in creating this work may be due, in part, to the special appeal of Mrs. Pellew’s beauty, which approaches Thorvaldsen’s feminine ideal.
The sitter was on her wedding trip in Rome when this bust was carved by Thorvaldsen, the most admired European portrait sculptor of his day. The artist’s care in creating this work may be due, in part, to the special appeal of Mrs. Pellew’s beauty, which approaches Thorvaldsen’s feminine ideal.
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