COLLECTION NAME:
Dante Collection
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Manchester~26~26
Dante Collection
Collection
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Image Number:
JRL19120403
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JRL19120403
Image Number
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Reference Number:
VFA.43
reference_number
VFA.43
Reference Number
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Parent Work Title:
Dante Alighieri
title_larger_entity
Dante Alighieri
Parent Work Title
false
Creator:
Salvatore Errico, 1848–1934
creator
Salvatore Errico, 1848–1934
Creator
false
Creator Role:
Sculptor
creator_role
Sculptor
Creator Role
false
Date Created:
1886
date_created
1886
Date Created
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Description:
Bronze head of Dante, left profile. At the Rome exhibition of Oggetti Artistici di Metal in 1886 Salvatore Errico and Sabatino de Angelis won bronze medals for the quality of their work in bronze-cast reproductions and examples by both were among 24 examples bought by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce for later distribution among Italian museums and art schools. Errico’s was a replica of a 16th-century bronze bust of Dante (maker unknown) shown amid group no. 16 of the modern casts (catalogue p. 252): his statue of two dancing fauns was in the same group while his bronze reproduction busts of Cicero and the young Brutus, copied from originals in the Museo Nazionale, were in a group no. 47 (p. 261). The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, has a fine copy of Errico’s Dante reproduction, bequeathed as part of the library of the University’s bibliophile benefactor Professor Richard Copley Christie in 1901.
description
Bronze head of Dante, left profile. At the Rome exhibition of Oggetti Artistici di Metal in 1886 Salvatore Errico and Sabatino de Angelis won bronze medals for the quality of their work in bronze-cast reproductions and examples by both were among 24 examples bought by the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce for later distribution among Italian museums and art schools. Errico’s was a replica of a 16th-century bronze bust of Dante (maker unknown) shown amid group no. 16 of the modern casts (catalogue p. 252): his statue of two dancing fauns was in the same group while his bronze reproduction busts of Cicero and the young Brutus, copied from originals in the Museo Nazionale, were in a group no. 47 (p. 261). The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester, has a fine copy of Errico’s Dante reproduction, bequeathed as part of the library of the University’s bibliophile benefactor Professor Richard Copley Christie in 1901.
Description
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Category of Material:
Visual
category
Visual
Category of Material
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Sub-Category:
Fine Art
class
Fine Art
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Sculpting
technique
Sculpting
Technique Used
false
Support:
Copper (metal)
support
Copper (metal)
Support
false
Support:
Wood
support
Wood
Support
false
Creation Site:
Italy
location_creation_site
Italy
Creation Site
false
People Covered:
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
people_covered
Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321
People Covered
false
Item Height:
Bust: 320 mm
item_height
Bust: 320 mm
Item Height
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Item Height:
Plinth: 80 mm
item_height
Plinth: 80 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
Bust: 420 mm
Item Width:
Plinth: 470 mm
Provenance:
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
former_repository
Christie, Richard Copley, 1830-1901, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false
References:
* Lowe, Charles, and John R. Whitley. Four National Exhibitions in London and Their Organiser. London: T.F. Unwin, 1892
references
* Lowe, Charles, and John R. Whitley. Four National Exhibitions in London and Their Organiser. London: T.F. Unwin, 1892
References
false
Bibliography:
* Oggetti Artistici Di Metallo: Esposizioni Retrospettive E Contemporanee Di Industrie Artistiche: Esposizione Del 1886. Roma: G. Civelli, 1886
bibliographic_citation
* Oggetti Artistici Di Metallo: Esposizioni Retrospettive E Contemporanee Di Industrie Artistiche: Esposizione Del 1886. Roma: G. Civelli, 1886
Bibliography
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