The Albacini cast collection : character and significance

Author

Davies, Glenys

Document type

Livre (actes de congrès)

Language

English

Conference name

Plaster and marble : the classical and neo-classical portrait bust : the Edinburgh Albacini Colloquium

Source

Journal of the history of collections. 1991, Num. 2, Vol. 3, 145-165, 10 ill.

ISSN

0954-6650

Abstract (en)

Identifies the originals of many of the casts in the Albacini collection of portrait busts, now in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, and notes that many are of statues restored by Carlo Albacini in the late 18th c. Suggests that Albacini's collection of busts served as a working collection for the sculptor and restorer. Appendix provides a catalogue of the surviving casts and proposes new identifications.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italy
• Sculpture
• Casts
• Busts
• Ancient [art]
• Collections
• National Gallery of Scotland||Edinburgh (GBR)
• Italy
• Restoration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Italie
• Sculpture
• Buste
• Antique (art)
• Collections
• National Gallery of Scotland||Edinburgh (GBR)
• Italie
• Restauration

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19921001-00430968

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