Bust of a Woman
- Object belonging
- One's own
- Category
- Bronze sculpture
- City
- Rome
- Location
- Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia
- Specific location
- Room 17
- Inventory
- PV 10819
- Material and technique
- Bronze, natural brown patina, black lacquer
- Author
- François Du Quesnoy (1597-1643)
- Dating
- c. 1635
- Dimensions
- 16.7x11 cm.
- Origin
- Auriti Collection (1963)
- Image copyright
- SSPSAE e per il Polo Museale della città di Roma
Short description
This Bust of a Woman was executed by Francois du Quesnoy and is dated to 1635. The high quality of the bronze is evident in the reclining position of the woman, the sweetness of her face, the daintiness of her hair and the finesse of the veil covering her body. The bust derives from du Quesnoy's Saint Susanna, which was commissioned for the Roman church of Santa Maria di Loreto and is similar to Raphael's Transfiguration.
Pietro Cannata
Bibliography
M. Frasolet, François Du Quesnoy. Sculpteur d'Urbain VIII 1597-1643, Brussels 1942, pp. 105-106, 186; A. Santangelo, Museo di Palazzo Venezia. La Collezione Auriti, Rome 1964, pp. 31-32; M. Boudon-Machuel, Francois du Quesnoy: 1597-1643, Paris 2005, pp. 336-337, 217-223.
