Jean Baptiste Clésinger, called Auguste / Bust of Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli / 1859Jean Baptiste Clésinger, called Auguste
Bust of Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli
1859

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Creator Name: Clésinger, Jean Baptiste, called Auguste
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Artist
Creator Dates/Places: French; 1814-1883
Creator Name-CRT: Jean Baptiste Clésinger, called Auguste
Title: Bust of Giacomo Cardinal Antonelli
Title Type: preferred
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1859
Creation End Date: 1859
Creation Date: 1859
Creation Place: Europe,France
Object Type: Sculpture
Classification Term: Bust/Head
Materials and Techniques: marble
Dimensions: 33 x 28 1/2 x 14 1/2 in (83.8 x 72.4 x 36.8 cm)
Inscriptions: the front inscribed in red. Ce G-ANTONELLI and the reverse in red upper case letters: Hommage du Sculpteur J. Clesinger a S. E. Le Cardinal Jacques Antonelli
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1975.364a-b
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Restricted gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley; the John H. Leslie, and Harold T. Martin funds
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: Cardinal Antonelli was a powerful figure in the pontificate of Pius IX.Sculpture, white marble bustOne-quarter length subject face 1/4 left wearing a mozzetta and a zuchetto, supported on a square, molded socle: the entire sculpture supported on a carved and gilt wood stand, Italian, Rome, c.1859, of Neo-Baroque style, the upper rim with a matte ground and a canthus leaves, the shaft of addorsed foliate scrolls, joined at center by four vertical stylized scallop shells, all surrounding a shaped square central inner support, the base a serpentine edged square of carved and gilt wood on four acanthus and whorl carved feet, the apron painted a light grey.Condition: light soiling at edges; scattered very small impact chips.Condition: Light general soiling, light chipping of gilt and white ground at upper rim, repaired crack on upper right scroll of cartouche supporting shell at upper right scroll of front and proper left side; repaired crack on upper left scroll of cartouche supporting shell at proper right.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1975.364a-b
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 2000

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