Chloris Caressed by Zephyr

model 1847, cast 1847/1904

Jean-Jacques Pradier

Associated Names
Jean-Jacques Pradier

Artist, French, 1790 - 1852

The sculpture depicts a female figure standing with her head tilted slightly to her left side. She is adorned with a draped garment that covers part of her body, with intricate detailing of folds and floral patterns. The material of the sculpture appears to be stone or marble, exhibiting a natural, muted color with patches of darker and lighter shades. The figure stands on a circular base and gazes softly ahead, her features finely carved. The overall presentation of the sculpture is elegant and finely proportioned in relation to human form, with a height that gives it presence.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased reportedly in Paris in the late 1920s by Esther Leavens Jenkins Willcox [1898-1981], New York; by inheritance to her daughter, Esther Willcox Putnam, McLean, Virginia;[1] gift 1981 to NGA.
[1] Letter, from Esther W. Putnam to Douglas Lewis dated 16 October 1981 (in NGA curatorial files).

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Bibliography

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 176, 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: 299-302, color repro.

Inscriptions

apparently stamped into the model from which plaster was cast, on bottom rim, at left, of self-base: J. PRADIER

Wikidata ID

Q63860901

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