AT-00010800
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Bust of Rossini
About the Artwork
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792–1868) was a composer most famous for his comic operas. Although of Italian birth, much of Rossini's later life was spent in Paris, where he undoubtedly sat for this portrait for David d'Angers, whose ambition it was to sculpt portraits of all the famous people of his day.
Inscriptions
inscribed at back of neck: A / Joachino Rossini de Pesaro / P.J. David d'Angers / 1831
Provenance
[Black Nadeau Gallery, Monte Carlo]; [Bruton Gallery, Somerset, England]
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788–1856)
- Date
- 1831
- Medium
- marble
- Dimensions
- with base: 68.3 x 25.4 x 31.8 cm (26 7/8 x 10 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Accession no.
- 1980.182
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