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| Paul Heerman Winged female genius crowning putto with laurel-wreath 1712 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of Times Mirror Foundation |
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| Paul Heerman Winged female genius crowning putto with laurel wreath 1712 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of Times Mirror Foundation |
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| Giovanni Baratta Allegorical figure of Wealth from Palazzo Giugni, Florence ca. 1703-1708 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of Ahmanson Foundation |
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| Giovanni Baratta Allegorical figure of Prudence from Palazzo Giugni, Florence ca. 1703-1708 marble Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of Ahmanson Foundation |
In 2008 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art mounted an exhibition called Hearst the Collector. William Randolph Hearst (1860-1951) was commemorated as "the greatest individual donor" in the history of this young public museum. His first love seems to have been the heavily restored classical marbles that had circulated as emblems of power in Europe since the Renaissance. As the Great Depression squeezed various noble collections, the American tycoon was able to make many deals. "An obituary estimated that Hearst alone had accounted for 25 percent of the world's art market in the 1920s and '30s."
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| The Hope Hygieia Roman marble statue 2nd century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Hope Athena Roman marble statue 2nd century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Hope Herakles Roman marble statue 2nd-3rd century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Bateman Mercury Roman marble statue 2nd century BC Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Lansdowne Artemis Head of Apollo (formerly attached to body of Artemis, below) 1st-2nd century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Lansdowne Artemis Roman marble statue 1st century BC-1st century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Lansdowne Athlete Roman marble statue 1st century BC-1st century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| The Lansdowne Athlete (detail) Roman marble statue 1st century BC-1st century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| Head of a woman Roman marble fragment 2nd century AD Los Angeles County Museum of Art gift of William Randolph Hearst |
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| Grave stele of Phainippos Greek marble sculpture 4th century BC Los Angeles County Museum of Art William Randolph Hearst Foundation |
I am grateful to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for making photographs of the sculpture collection available.