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    		• Galt, Alexander,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Caesar
     
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    		• Occupation -- Other
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Roman
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Cesare), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Galt, Alexander, 1827-1863, sculptor. (possibly by)
    Title: 
    (Cesare), (sculpture).
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bust: stone and marble; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Bust: approx. 36 x 29 x 18 in.; Base: approx. H. 46 in. x Diam. 15.5 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Sculpture, on front just below bust, in raised letters:) CESARE unsigned
    Description: 
    A bust of Roman emperor Caesar wearing a toga that is gathered over his proper right shoulder and fastened with a round pin. Caesar's head is made of white stone and his toga is made of colored marble. The bust is mounted on a fluted column.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Caesar -- Bust
    Occupation -- Other -- Aristocrat
    Ethnic -- Roman
    Occupation -- Military
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Charlotte County Free Library, Charlotte County Library Board of Trustees, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
    Located Charlotte County Free Library, LeGrande Avenue, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Charlotte County Free Library, LeGrande Avenue, Garden, Charlotte Court House, Virginia 23923
    Formerly in the collection of Bruce, David K. E., Charlotte, Virginia
    Formerly in the collection of Rockefeller, estate of, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    This sculpture is one of six busts of Roman emperors, Claudio, Augusto, Cesare, Neronian, Domitian, and Trajan (IAS record numbers VA000425 through VA000429) that were purchased from the Rockefeller estate by David K. E. Bruce and his wife, Ailsa Mellon Bruce. Mr. Bruce donated the busts to the Charlotte County Free Library and they were placed in the library's garden. At some point four of the busts, Claudio, Augusto, Trajan, and Domitian, were moved to the Charlotte County Courthouse. When a major motion picture was filmed in the courthouse two of the busts, Claudio and Augusto, were moved back to the Charlotte County Free Library and were placed in basement storage along with the busts of Cesare and Neronian. Trajan and Domitian remain on display at the courthouse.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    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 VA000426
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