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Bust

ca. 1695–1700
Not on view
The virtuoso Baroque carver, here signing C Lacroix fecit (under the man's left arm), was a Franco-Flemish native whose principal activity was in Genoa; he was possibly the same Lacroix, given name unrecorded, who was in Rome producing sculptures for the gardens at Versailles in 1680. Our subject has not been ascertained, but his identity may someday be unraveled through his dis tinctive pockmarked face and pugnacious profile. The two-ribbon tie was worn both in Genoa and at the court of Louis XIV. Lacroix established these details, as well as the pseudobrocade, with punctilio, but what really excited him was capturing the arrested flowing movement of wig and lace.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bust
  • Maker: C. Lacroix, Franco-Flemish (Franco–Flemish, born Burgundy, active Genoa)
  • Date: ca. 1695–1700
  • Culture: probably French
  • Medium: Elephant ivory
  • Dimensions: Height (bust only): 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm)
  • Classification: Natural Substances-Ivory
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, Edward J. Gallagher Jr. Bequest, in memory of his father, Edward Joseph Gallagher, his mother, Ann Hay Gallagher, and his son, Edward Gallagher III, and The Isak and Rose Weinman Foundation Inc. Gift, 2005
  • Object Number: 2005.243
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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