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Silence
Sculptor: Albertoni, Giovanni Giuseppe
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'
History note: Presumably commissioned by the testator during his visit to Rome between October 1843 and the spring of 1844.
Bequeathed by George Skillbeck Maude
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1844) by Skilbeck Maude, George
19th Century, Mid#
Production date:
AD 1845
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.)
Figure
Height 130.8 cm
Plinth
Height 5 cm
Carving : White marble, carved
Accession number: M.1-1845
Primary reference Number: 31133
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_1_1845
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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