Paris
The composition, in particular the crossed ankles, derives from ancient Lansdowne Paris type statue, known from Roman copies after mid-fourth-century Greek original, which Dumont would have seen in Rome and Naples during 1788–93. The pose of Dumont's version, however, is much more supple than that of its antique prototype. It was possibly intended as a sketch model for a silversmith.
Artwork Details
- Title: Paris
- Artist: Jacques-Edmé Dumont (Paris 1761–1844)
- Date: ca. 1795
- Culture: French
- Medium: Terracotta, marble base
- Dimensions: 19 × 7 1/2 × 9 in. (48.3 × 19.1 × 22.9 cm)
- Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 1989
- Object Number: 1989.289.1
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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