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Bust of a Girl Veiled and Crowned with Flowers

ca. 1779
Not on view
At the Salon of 1779, Julien exhibited a work based on a memory from his years of study in Rome (1768-72): "Head of a Woman...covered by a veil and crowned with flowers, like the young girls dowried by the Pope and the College of Cardinals at the Church of the Minerva in Rome."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bust of a Girl Veiled and Crowned with Flowers
  • Artist: Pierre Julien (French, St-Paulien, near Le Puy-en-Velay 1731–1804 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1779
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Terracotta2014
  • Dimensions: Overall (without socle): 18 × 12 1/2 × 11 in. (45.7 × 31.8 × 27.9 cm); Socle: 5 x 6 1/2 in. (12.7 x 16.5 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Purchase, C. Michael Paul Gift, 1978
  • Object Number: 1978.1
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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