Maquette for the Delacroix Monument
Maquette for the Delacroix Monument
Artist
Aimé-Jules Dalou
French, 1838-1902
Datemodeled 1885, executed 1902-1905
DimensionsH: 34 3/4 in. (88.3 cm)
Mediumbronze
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1964.61
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 33
Collections
Published ReferencesCaillaux, H., Aimé-Jules Dalou, Paris, 1935, pp. 57-59, 139 (as only bronze cast of the plaster maquette).
- Sculpture
"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum News, New Series, vol. 7, no. 4, repr. p. 106 (also published as handbook).
Davis, Frank, Illustrated London News, April 25, 1964.
Wittmann, Otto, "Treasures at Toledo, Ohio," Apollo, vol. LXXXI, no. 35, January 1965, pp. 28-35.
"New Accessions U.S.A.," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. 65, no. 1153, no. 236, p. 59, repr.
"Accessions of American and Canadian Museums," Art Quarterly, vol. 29, no. 2, 1966, p. 169, repr. p. 182.
Wittmann, Otto, "Director's Choice," Apollo, vol. 86, no. 70, Dec. 1967, p. 512, repr.
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Museum of Art Masterworks, Toledo, 2009, p. 245, repr. (col.).
Exhibition HistoryLondon, Mallett at Bourdon House Ltd., Sculptures by Jules Dalou, 1964, no. 27, repr. (Foreword, Introduction and Bibliography by A. S. Ciechanowiecki).Toledo, The Toledo Museum of Art, Treasures for Toledo, 1964.
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, The Romantics to Rodin, 1980-1981, no. 78, pp. 194-196, repr. (cat. entry by J.M. Hunisak).
Williamstown, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. 1998-1999
Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, Paris: City of Art, November 6, 2009 - March 14, 2010.
Comparative ReferencesSee also Dreyfus, M., Dalou, sa vie, son oeuvre, Paris, 1903, repr. p. 209 (Luxembourg Monument).See also Hunisak, John M., The Sculptor Jules Dalou: Studies in His Style and Imagery, New York, 1977, pp. 158-162, fig. 93.
See also Milner, John, The Studios of Paris, New Haven, 1988, pp. 85, 87, 88, pl. 89.
Label TextIn 1884, a group of cultural and political leaders proposed a monument to honor one of France’s greatest artists, Eugène Delacroix (look for the Museum’s two paintings by Delacroix). They chose Aimé-Jules Dalou, a leading French sculptor, to create the over-life-size monument, which is located in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Toledo’s sculpture is a unique bronze cast of the original small plaster model for the full-size monument. Three figures form a vigorous ensemble that swirls upward toward the bust of the celebrated artist. Apollo, God of Poetry and Music (also identified as the Genius of Art) applauds while winged Time, a bearded old man, lifts Fame up to lay the wreath of everlasting glory beneath the bust of Delacroix. Delacroix is depicted with a sense of personality, his neck wrapped in a scarf to guard against catching a cold, a fear he always held.Jules Ferdinand Jacquemart
1864, published 1868
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