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Silence: M.1-1845

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Silence

Maker(s)

Sculptor: Albertoni, Giovanni Giuseppe

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Description

White marble, carved in the round. The figure is draped in a robe of many folds, leaning with her left hand upon a tree stump. Her head is lowered and looking slightly to her right, and her right forefinger is laid against her cheek. Her hair is drawn back into a knot, with a garland of rose-buds round her head. She wears sandles. Signed and dated on a bole of the tree stump 'ALBERTONI ROMA/1845'

Notes

History note: Presumably commissioned by the testator during his visit to Rome between October 1843 and the spring of 1844.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by George Skillbeck Maude

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1844) by Skilbeck Maude, George

Dating

19th Century, Mid
Production date: AD 1845

Note

The statue was commissioned by the testator from Albertoni, a pupil of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen, in Rome during the winter of 1843. Maude had travelled to Italy in October 1843. When Maude wrote his will on 9 August 1944, the statue was as yet unfinished and still with Albertoni in Rome (see notes for excerpt from his will.)

School or Style

Neoclassical

People, subjects and objects depicted

Project

  • Sculpture UK

Components of the work

Figure Height 130.8 cm
Plinth Height 5 cm

Materials used in production

White marble

Techniques used in production

Carving : White marble, carved

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: ALBERTONI ROMA/1845
  • Location: On a bole of the tree stump
  • Type: Signature

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Identification numbers

Accession number: M.1-1845
Primary reference Number: 31133
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1845

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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