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Ferrari, Ettore,
G. B. Bastianelli,
Portrait male -- Verdi, Guiseppe
Performing Arts -- Music
Ethnic -- Italian
Performing Arts -- Opera
Literature -- Verdi
Literature -- Verdi
Literature -- Verdi
Figure female -- Nude
Object -- Musical Instrument
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Verdi, (sculpture).
Artist:
Ferrari, Ettore, sculptor.
G. B. Bastianelli, founder.
Title:
Verdi, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Guiseppe Verdi, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1907.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite and limestone.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 36 x 26 x 20 in.; Middle: approx. 74 x 49 x 42 in.; Base: approx. 22 x 48 x 45 in.; Lower base: approx. 12 x 77 x 70 in.
Inscription:
(Sculpture, lower proper right side:) GB.BasManellifuse/ROMA (Just under bust:) La/Colonia (inscription illegible)L(inscription illegible)NA/of Philadelphia/Verdi/c. 1907 (Middle section, left side:) TRAVIATA/ANDENTINO (musical notes) Di quell'a Mor quell a/mor ch e pal-pi-to/Lombardi Ernani Forcari Altila Mticbrtch (?) (IAS files contain drawings by the SOS! surveyor which detail similar inscriptions and musical notes for Aida and Rigoletto which appear on the other sides of the middle section) signed
Description:
Bust of Italian composer Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901) dressed in a jacket and a long scarf. He has a beard and moustache, and his hair is brushed back from his face. The bust rests on a tall, three-tiered base adorned on the back and both sides with the musical notes and a few words from his operas, Traviata, Aida, and Rigoletto. On the front of the base is a relief of a loosely-draped, bare-chested female figure holding a violin in her proper right hand. Her proper left hand is raised to her proper left ear.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Verdi, Guiseppe -- Bust
Performing Arts -- Music -- Composer
Ethnic -- Italian
Performing Arts -- Opera -- Verdi
Literature -- Verdi -- Aida
Literature -- Verdi -- Rigoletto
Literature -- Verdi -- Traviata
Figure female -- Nude
Object -- Musical Instrument -- Violin
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Commission, Memorial Hall, West Park, P. O. Box 21601, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19131
Located Fairmount Park, Horticultural Center, west side of park, Belmont Avenue & North Horticultural Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
Gift of the Italian Colony of Philadelphia to the City in 1907.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
City of Philadelphia, 1973.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 227.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0061, 1989.
Monumental News, Aug. 1908, pg. 597.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 227.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 75009318
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
75009318
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