Bust of Amphitrite

Provenance

Alexandre Ananoff, Paris, before 1982 [according to letter from Alexandre Pradère, 2 July 2002, in curatorial file]; sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Monaco, 7 February 1982, lot 303 as workshop of Carpeaux. Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York, by 1982; sold to the Art Institute, 1982.

Exhibition history

Art Institute of Chicago, European Terracotta Scupture from the Permanent Collection, July 27–Oct. 17, 1983 [no cat.].

Publications

Peter Fusco, "Lambert-Sigisbert Adam’s 'Bust of Neptune'," Los Angeles County Museum of Art Bulletin 21 (1975), p. 17. James Wood, "A Record of Sharing with Chicago's Masterpiece," A Supplement to the 1982-83 Annual Report (Chicago, 1983), p. 16 (ill.). Ian Wardropper, "Adam to Clodion: Four French Terracotta Sculptures," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 11,1 (1984), pp. 23-27, 34-36, figs. 1, 2. Ian Wardropper, "Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago," Apollo 154,6 (September 2001), pp. 6, 12, n. 5, fig. 4.

Quick Overview

Artist: Lambert Sigisbert Adam (French, 1700–1759)
Date: c. 1725
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: 81.3 × 50.8 × 40.1 cm (32 × 20 × 15 3/4 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: bust/head
Style: 18th Century
Place: France
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin
Accession no.: 1982.1380

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.