Title
Beatrice Cenci
1857
Artist
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Details
- Place where the work was made
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Rome
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Italy
- Date
- 1857
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- Marble
- Dimensions
- 44.1 x 106.3 x 43.8 cm (including base 7.9cm)
- Signature & date
Signed back of base, "HARRIET HOSMER...". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased 1892
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 1221
- Copyright
- Artist information
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Harriet Hosmer
Works in the collection
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About
Neoclassicism produced a significant number of women sculptors, many of whom were American by birth. Among them, Harriet Hosmer enjoyed perhaps the greatest celebrity, entertaining dignitaries and connoisseurs in her Roman atelier with the practical aplomb of a 'grand maître'. A pupil of John Gibson, her work was widely collected, often on the basis of an interest in her gender as much as her considerable professional merits. Hosmer adapted continental neoclassicism to a personal vision steeped into the classical philosophies of a democratic nation. Capable of producing work on a large scale and to specific order, she was especially proficient in the execution of public monuments. Her smaller works were frequently issued in multiples to accommodate demand. Among her most popular were 'Beatrice Cenci', which exists in several versions.
AGNSW Handbook, 1999.
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Places
Where the work was made
Rome
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
Archie Plus, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–07 Mar 2021
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Bibliography
Referenced in 4 publications
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Renée Free, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'European', pg. 36-56, Sydney, 1988, 39.
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Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Western Collection: Paintings and Sculpture', pg. 17-77, Sydney, 1999, 36 (colour illus.).
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R. Parker and Griselda Pollock, Old mistresses: women, art and idealogy.
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Margaret Wendell LaBarre, Harriet Hosmer: her era and her art, 1961-1966.
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