Mademoiselle Jubin
Medium
Marble
Dimensions
60 × 59.7 × 19 cm (23 5/8 × 23 9/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
Classification
bust/head
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
157221
Art Historical Context
Step into the refined world of 19th-century French portraiture with *Mademoiselle Jubin*, captivating marble bust sculpted by Pierre-Jean David d'Angers in 1829. Measuring 60 × 59.7 × 19 cm, this intimate work exemplifies the artist's mastery in capturing the human form. Housed in the Art Institute of Chicago's Department of Painting and Sculpture of, it stands as a testament to the enduring tradition of marble sculpture. David d'Angers, a prominent figure in French Romanticism with neoclassical roots, was renowned for his portrait busts that celebrated individual character and intellect. Wor...
About the Artist
Pierre Jean David d'Angers · 1788–1856
Pierre-Jean David d'Angers, born on March 12, 1788, in Angers, France, to a wood carver and ornamental sculptor father who had fought in the Republican army, began his artistic training locally under Marchand and Jean-Jacques Delusse at the École centrale d'Angers from 1806 to 1807. In 1808, he arrived in Paris with scant funds and entered the studio of Philippe-Laurent Roland, later working under...