Detail View: The AMICA Library: Death Mask of Napoleon

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1987.185
AMICA Library Year: 
2000
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Antommarchi, Francesco
Creator Nationality: 
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role: 
Artist
Creator Dates/Places: 
Italian; 1780-1838
Creator Name-CRT: 
Francesco Antommarchi
Creator Name: 
Quesnel, E.
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
Cast by
Creator Dates/Places: 
French; act. 1811-1847
Creator Name-CRT: 
E. Quesnel
Creator Name: 
Richard, Louis
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
Cast by
Creator Dates/Places: 
French; Unknown
Creator Name-CRT: 
Louis Richard
Title: 
Death Mask of Napoleon
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
full view
Creation Date: 
modeled 1821, cast 1833
Creation Start Date: 
1833
Creation End Date: 
1833
Materials and Techniques: 
Bronze
Classification Term: 
Bust/Head
Subject Description: 
Death mask of Napoleon; mold for this mask was taken on the Emperor's deathbed by the attending Corsican physician
Creation Place: 
Europe,France,?le-de-France (region),Ville de Paris (department),Paris
Dimensions: 
13 1/4 in (34.9 cm)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1987.185
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Estate of E. Blake Blair
Inscriptions: 
Marks: Engraved inscrip. left neck truncation: Dr. F. Antommarchi; right neck truncation: FONDU/PAR RICHARD ET QUESNEL/A PARIS; seal cast separately and welded under neck truncation showing profile of Napoleon crowned with laurel wreath; inscribed around: NAPOLEON EMP. ET ROI.; inscribed under truncation: SOUSCRIPTION/DR. ANTOMMARCHI 1833
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AIC_.E13977.TIF