Pedestal [for Woman from the French Colonies]
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Medium
Red and white marble pedestal with gilt-bronze mounts and ornaments
Dimensions
Pedestal (wt confirmed): 41 3/8 × 18 1/4 × 11 3/4 in., 427 lb. (105.1 × 46.4 × 29.8 cm, 193.7 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
French, Paris
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Fund, 2006
Accession Number
2006.112d
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite pedestal, crafted in 1861 by sculptors Charles-Henrioseph Cordier and Charles Rossigneux, was to support Cordier's celebrated bust *Woman from the French Colonies Hailing from Paris during the opulent Second Empire period under Napoleon III, it exemplifies French luxury craftsmanship in the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Standing at over 41 inches tall and weighing a substantial 427 pounds, the pedestal reflects the era's fascination with grandeur and colonial exoticism, serving as a base for ethnographic-inspired portraiture that romanticized France's imperial reach. ...
About the Artist
Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier|Charles-François Rossigneux (French|French) · 1827 |1818 –1905 |1909
French, 1827–1905|French, 1818–afer 1909