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Bust of Rossini

1831
(French, 1788–1856)
France, 19th century
marble
with base: 68.3 x 25.4 x 31.8 cm (26 7/8 x 10 x 12 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1980.182
Location: not on view
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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.
Bust of Rossini

Bust of Rossini

1831

Pierre Jean David d'Angers

(French, 1788–1856)
France, 19th century

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