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Kemp, Alexander,
Furness, Frank,
Occupation -- Art
Portrait male -- Rembrandt van Rijn
Portrait male -- Titian,
Portrait male -- Van Eyck, Jan
Portrait male -- Murillo,
Portrait male -- de Messina, Antonello
Portrait male -- Veronese, Paolo
Portrait male -- Correggio,
Dress -- Historic
Dress -- Accessory
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Hemicycle Decorative Plaque (Painters), (sculpture).
Artist:
Kemp, Alexander, sculptor.
Furness, Frank, architect.
Title:
Hemicycle Decorative Plaque (Painters), (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Decorative Plaque (Painters), (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1877.
Medium:
Terra cotta.
Dimensions:
Relief: approx. 3 ft. x 3 1/2 ft. x 6 in.
Description:
One in a group of six light-colored relief plaques depicting great artists of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance that are installed on the front of the building. This relief is the sixth one from the left and it depicts from right to left: Rembrandt van Rijn, Titian, Jan Van Eyck (seated), Murillo (behind Van Eyck), Antonello da Messina, Paolo Veronese and Correggio. All of the figures are dressed in Renaissance clothing, robes, tights and tunics.
Subject:
Occupation -- Art -- Painter
Portrait male -- Rembrandt van Rijn -- Full length
Portrait male -- Titian, -- Full length
Portrait male -- Van Eyck, Jan -- Full length
Portrait male -- Murillo, -- Full length
Portrait male -- de Messina, Antonello -- Full length
Portrait male -- Veronese, Paolo -- Full length
Portrait male -- Correggio, -- Full length
Dress -- Historic -- Renaissance Dress
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Architectural component
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad & Cherry Streets, Facade, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102
Remarks:
This theme is taken from Paul Delaroche's Hemicycle in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris.
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 145, 156.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 156.
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 88320045
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Inventory of American Sculpture
88320045
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