Flora

after 1770

Carlo Albacini (Italian, 1750–1813)

72.85.5

On display in C205

marble carving

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Artwork Details

Artist

Carlo Albacini (Italian, 1750–1813)

Creation Date

after 1770

Creation Location

Italy

Materials

marble

Object Types

sculptures

Dimensions

40-1/2 in.

Accession Number

72.85.5

Credit Line

The Orville A. and Elma D. Wilkinson Fund

Public Domain

Collection

European Painting and Sculpture Before 1800

Color Palette

Color Codes Copied

Provenance

Purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1972

Gallery Labels

This sculpture is a half-size copy of the 2nd-century Statue of a Maiden, now in the Capitoline Museum in Rome. It is often called the Capitoline Flora due to the figure’s floral crown and bouquet. The ancient sculpture was found at Hadrian’s Villa outside Rome in the 1740s. Its discovery generated a popular demand for marble, bronze, and plaster copies. The figure’s elongated proportions and white marble surface, resembling bisque porcelain, demonstrate the ideals of the influential 18th-century art theorist Johann Joachim Winckelmann, who praised the grace and purity of classical statuary. Albacini, a restorer and copyist of antiquities, created this version for English clients visiting Rome on the Grand Tour.

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