National Gallery of Art :: The Collection :: Calliope
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Inscription

on book: CALLIOPE REGI / NA,HOMINVM, / DIVVMQVE VO/ LVPTAS / CARMINIS HE / ROI NVMERIS / FVLGENTIA / SIGNIS / AGMINA,BEL / LANTVMQVE / ANIMOS,ET / P RAELIA CAN / TO, / INCLYTAQVE / AETERNAE COMMI / TO. NOMINA / FAMAE

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Provenance

Amable Charles (Franquet), 1st Comte de Francqueville, O.L.H. [b. 1840], Paris.[1] (Wildenstein & Co., New York); sold June 1949 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York;[2] gift 1952 to NGA.

[1] Provenance according to Ulrich Middeldorf, Complete Catalogue of the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Sculptures XIV-XIX Century, London, 1976: 109.

[2] The Wildenstein invoice to the Kress Foundation for 16 items, including this sculpture, is dated 23 June 1949 (copy in NGA curatorial files). The previous collection is given as "Chateau de la Muette, près Paris."

Exhibition History

Bibliography

1951
Paintings and Sculpture from the Kress Collection Acquired by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation 1945-1951. Introduction by John Walker, text by William E. Suida. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 256, no. 115, repro., as The Muse Calliope.
1959
Paintings and Sculpture from the Samuel H. Kress Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1959: 450, repro.
1965
Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 164
1968
European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1968: 144, repro.
1976
Middeldorf, Ulrich. Sculptures from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: European Schools XIV-XIX Century. London, 1976: 109.
1992
De Caso, Jacques. "La sculpture en crise: aspects d'une révision." In Daniel Rabreau and Bruno Tollon, eds. Le Progrès des Arts Réunis, 1763-1815: Mythe culturel, des origines de la révolution à la fin de l'empire?. Actes du Colloque International d'Histoire de l'Art, Bordeaux - Toulouse, 22-26 May 1989. Bordeaux and Toulouse, 1992: 315, 316 n. 9, fig. 67.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 172, repro.
1997
Draper, James David, and Guilhem Scherf. Augustin Pajou: Royal Sculptor, 1730-1809. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. New York, 1997: 127-128.
2005
The Arts of France from François Ier to Napoléon Ier. A Centennial Celebration of Wildenstein's Presence in New York. Exh. cat. Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, 2005: 65, fig. 90, 75 (not in the exhibition).

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