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Bust of a Man
by Pietro Calvi
Inscriptions
Inscribed: CALVI, MILANO (right side)
Exhibition history
Art Institute of Chicago, "Art at the Time of the Centennial," 19 June - 8 August 1976 [no cat.].
Publications
Algernon Graves, The Royal Academy of Arts: A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their Work from its Foundation in 1769 to 1904 1 (London: Henry Graves and Company, Ltd., 1905), p. 384. For biographical information on Calvi, see: Vincenzo Vicario, Gli Scultori Italiani: dal neoclassicismo al liberty 1 (1994), p. 227.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pietro Calvi (Italian, 1833–1884)
- Date
- c. 1875
- Medium
- Marble and bronze
- Dimensions
- H.: 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- bust/head
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- Italy
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild
- Accession no.
- 1974.357
Provenance
Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild, Chicago, by 1974; given to the Art Institute, 1974.
More by Pietro Calvi in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00001849
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