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| Jean Antoine Houdon Marble bust of Denis Diderot 1773 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
European marble sculpture from the Metropolitan Museum in New York. This group covers just four hundred years, from the early 1400s to the early 1800s. .
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| Italian sculptor Marble relief with angel ca. 1430-35 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Battista Lorenzi Marble statues of Alpheus & Arethusa, from a grotto 1568-70 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Tullio Lombardo Marble statue of Adam, from a tomb installation ca. 1490-95 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Antonio Novelli Marble bust of Christ the Redeemer, from a larger sculptural scene ca. 1650 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Tullio Lombardo & workshop Marble three-quarter statue of a young warrior, possibly a guardian figure from a tomb early 16th century Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jean Antoine Houdon Marble statue of a bather, from a fountain 1782 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Philippe Laurent Roland Self-portrait 1785 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jean Antoine Houdon Marble bust of Sabine Houdon, the artist's daughter 1788 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Philippe Laurent Roland Painted terracotta bust of a sleeping boy ca. 1774 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Jean-Baptiste Pigalle Marble bust of Madame de Pompadour ca. 1748-51 Metropolitan Museum of Art |
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| Bertel Thorvaldsen Marble relief of Nessus abducting Dejanira 1820s Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) designed his 19th-century relief of a centaur-abduction (immediately above) to invite comparison with the Parthenon friezes with centaurs among the so-called Elgin Marbles that had recently been brought to London. Thorvaldsen was widely admired in his day for successfully reviving the standards of ancient sculpture. But no one any longer believes that he succeeded in doing that.
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| Metope from the Parthenon with centaur 447-438 BC British Museum |
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| Metope from the Parthenon with centaur 447-438 BC British Museum |