Object Details
- Artist
- Hiram Powers, born Woodstock, VT 1805-died Florence, Italy 1873
- Sitter
- Nero
- Nero
- Luce Center Label
- This portrait was commissioned as a “copy of the infant Nero” by an Englishman named C. Noel Welman. In contrast to many of his ideal sculptures, Hiram Powers modeled this piece to resemble the realistic style of Roman portraiture. Welman asked for a bust with no drapery, but evidently Powers ignored this request and the young child is shown with a Greek himation, or cloak, covering his shoulders.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
- modeled 1843
- Object number
- 1968.155.92
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Sculpture
- Medium
- plaster
- Dimensions
- 19 3/4 x 12 1/4 x 8 1/8 in. (50.2 x 31.0 x 20.7 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- On View
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 17B
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Dress\historic\classical dress
- Study\sculpture model
- Portrait male\bust
- Portrait male\child
- Record ID
- saam_1968.155.92
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk740a040b9-57e0-48ff-af40-8b1cfbb22c22
