About This Artwork

Pietro Calvi
Italian, 1833-1884

Bust of a Man, c. 1875

Marble, bronze
H. 52.1 cm (20 1/2 in.)
relief signature at right side: CALVI, MILANO
Gift of Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild, 1974.357

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

Art Institute of Chicago, "Art at the Time of the Centennial," 19 June - 8 August 1976 [no cat.].

Publication History

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.

Ownership History

Mrs. Maurice L. Rothschild, Chicago, by 1974; given to the Art Institute, 1974.