Ruth
Artist
Chauncey Bradley Ives
(American, 1810 - 1894)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1849
MediumMarble
DimensionsOverall: 23 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (59.1 x 31.8 x 24.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of James H. Ricau and museum purchase
Object number86.479
Not on view
DescriptionMarble bust of a woman, Ruth.Exhibition History"The Ricau Collection," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., February 26 - April 23, 1989. "Art and the Empire: New York, 1825-1861," Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sept. 11, 2000 - Jan. 7, 2001. (Exhib. cat. no. 64). Ongoing display, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, August 19, 2014 - July 14, 2015. Terrace Gallery, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia, January 15 - December 15, 2016.Published ReferencesH. Nichols B. Clark. A MARBLE QUARRY: THE JAMES H. RICAU COLLECTION OF SCULPTURE AT THE CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART. NY: Hudson Hills Press, Inc. 1997: p. 103, ill. Catherine Hoover Voorsanger and John K. Howat, editors. ART AND THE EMPIRE CITY: NEW YORK, 1825-1861. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2000: p. 420, no. 64.
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