AT-00001950
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Bust of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
Inscriptions
Inscribed front, in red block letters: Ce G-ANTONELLI; back in red block letters: HOMMAGE DU SCULPTEUR J. CLESINGER A S. E. LE CARDINAL JACQUES ANTONELLI - ROME 1869
Provenance
Antonelli family, Rome [according to Heim Gallery fact sheet in curatorial file]. Marcello and Carlo Sestieri, Rome, before 1975 [according to Commission Book, 1974-75, Heim Gallery Records, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, copy in curatorial file]; acquired by Heim Gallery, London, by 1975; sold to the Art Institute, 1975.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Auguste Jean Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814–1883)
- Date
- 1869
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 83.8 × 72.4 × 36.8 cm (33 × 28 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- bust/head
- Style
- nineteenth century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley; the John H. Leslie, and Harold T. Martin funds
- Accession no.
- 1975.364a
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