Neoptolemus and Polyxena

Provenance

Nogara Corporation, Monrovia, Liberia, by 1984; sold, Nogara Corporation, to Alex Wengraf Limited, London, by 1984; sold, Alex Wengraf, to the Art Institute, 1984.

Publications

Klaus Lankheit, Florentinische Barockplastik (Munich: F. Bruckmann, 1962), p. 289, no. 398. Detroit Institute of Arts, The Twilight of the Medici: Late Baroque Art in Florence, 1670–1743 (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1974), pp. 90–95. Jennifer Montagu, “Some Small Sculptures by Giuseppe Piamontini,” Antichita Viva XIII, 3 (1974), pp. 3-21. Ian Wardropper, “Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago,” Apollo 154, 475 (September 2001), p. 6, fig. 6.

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

Quick Overview

Artist: Giuseppe Piamontini (Italian, 1664–1742)
Date: c. 1725
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 33.7 cm (13 1/4 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: statuette
Style: 18th Century
Place: Italy
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Harold T. Martin
Accession no.: 1984.235

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