Allegory of Africa
model 1863/1865, cast date unknown
Artist, French, 1834 - 1904

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G3
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 31.8 x 50.6 x 16.8 cm (12 1/2 x 19 15/16 x 6 5/8 in.)
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Accession
1991.84.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Brigadier James Orme M. Ashton, O.B.E. [1908-1989], Welston Court, Milton, Tenby, Wales; (Thomas Agnew & Sons, London), by 1990; purchased 15 February 1991 by NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, supplement to catalogue, color repro.
Bibliography
1992
Agnew's 1982-1992. Exh. cat. Thomas Agnew & Sons, Ltd., London, 1992: 192, pl. 174.
National Gallery of Art. 1991 Annual Report. Washington, D.C., 1991: 16, repro. 17.
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 24, repro.
2000
Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 4-7, color repro.
Inscriptions
cast in on top of base, along edge parallel to extended left leg: A BARTHOLDI
Wikidata ID
Q63860837