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Bust of Rossini
David d'Angers1831
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Bust of Rossini
- Creator: Pierre Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788-1856)
- Date Created: 1831
- Physical Dimensions: with base: 68.3 x 25.4 x 31.8 cm (26 7/8 x 10 x 12 1/2 in.)
- Provenance: [Black Nadeau Gallery, Monte Carlo]; [Bruton Gallery, Somerset, England]
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.182
- Medium: marble
- Inscriptions: inscribed at back of neck: A / Joachino Rossini de Pesaro / P.J. David d'Angers / 1831
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1980.182
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