Figure in antique military dress
Medium
figures
Classification
figures
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Noah Butkin
Accession Number
1977-110-2-10
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Figure in Antique Military Dress** *Jean-Robert Ango (French, active in Rome 1759–1770, d. 1773), ca. 1759–70* *Figures; Smithsonian Collection, Gift of Noah Butkin Smithsonian American Art Museum* into the world of 18th-century Rome with Jean-Robert Ango's *Figure Antique Military Dress*, a sculptural figure created during the artist's active years in the Eternal City. Ango, a French sculptor who thrived amid the Grand Tour era, captured the elegance of classical antiquity in this work, likely fashioned from a medium suited to detailed modeling such as terracotta or plaster. Produced ...