Bust
- Title:
- Venezia
- Object Name:
- Bust
- Object ID:
- 1977.515.04
- Creator:
- Mead, Larkin Goldsmith (1835-1910)
Sculptor - Date:
- 1865
- Description:
- Portrait bust of Venezia, by Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835-1910), Florence, Italy; 1865. Life-size marble bust of girl; head turned slightly down and somewhat to subject's right; bare shoulders and arms rising from a vermiculated base representing seaweed or sea foam, which tapers from scalloped upper edge to juncture with circular base, 7 5/8" in diameter; base is not integral but secured using dowel joints with projecting brass pin attached to base with plaster. Pupils and iris of eyes defined; hair partially in low chignon and partially draped on back of shoulders. Wears a tiara composed of a string of beads encircling top of head, an upright scallop shell at front having a gondola superimposed on its face, and a rectangular clasp at rear on which is inscribed in upper case letters; "VENEZIA." Inscribed on reverse just above base in upper case letters; "L. G. MEAD."
- Material:
- Stone
Marble - Dimensions:
- H-25.25 W-15.375 D-11 inches
- Provenance:
- Apparently an ideal representation of Venice. Larkin Goldsmith Mead (1835-1910), the sculptor, was born in Chesterfield, NH, but spent most of his life in Florence, Italy, with many visits to relatives in Venice.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
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