Bust of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

1859

Auguste Jean Baptiste Clésinger
French, 1814-1883

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Jean Baptiste Clésinger, called Auguste
Title: Bust of Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli
Place: France (Object made in)
Date: 1859
Medium: Marble
Inscriptions: Inscribed: Ce G-ANTONELLI in red block letters (front); HOMMAGE DU SCULPTEUR J. CLESINGER A S. E. LE CARDINAL JACQUES ANTONELLI in red letters (back)
Dimensions: 83.8 × 72.4 × 36.8 cm (33 × 28 1/2 × 14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. Wrigley; the John H. Leslie, and Harold T. Martin funds
Reference Number: 1975.364a-b
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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.

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