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Bust of a young woman

1836
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 554
Dantan mixed Neoclassical training with interests in caricature, phrenology, and fashionable society. Today he is best known as a caricaturist, although straightforward portraits comprise at least half his output. Occasionally they may have a mischievous undertone, but this young woman has an appreciable semblance of wit and sparkle even as she flaunts the latest hairstyle dubbed "à la Hortense Mancini". The plaster model for it is not among the trove of those by Dantan in the Musée Carnavalet, Paris.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bust of a young woman
  • Artist: Jean-Pierre Dantan (French, Paris 1800–1869 Baden-Baden)
  • Date: 1836
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: Height (with socle): 29 1/2 in. (74.9 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Michael Hall, in memory of W. R. Valentiner, 2000
  • Object Number: 2000.630.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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