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THOMAS CRAWFORD. Genius of Mirth

Genius of Mirth. Artist: Thomas Crawford (American, New York 1813?-1857 London). Dimensions: 47 x 20 x 24 in. (119.4 x 50.8 x 61 cm). Date: 1842; carved 1843. During a visit to Crawford's Rome studio in 1842, the New Yorker Henry Hicks gave him an order for a sculpture, leaving the theme to the artist's choosing. Crawford's selection of a lighthearted youth was likely to please his patron, as images of children were especially popular in the mid-nineteenth century. He described his subject as "a boy of seven or eight years, dancing in great glee, and tinkling a pair of cymbals, the music of which seems to amuse him exceedingly." The sculptor and his contemporaries relished the technical challenges of carving marble; the disengaged raised left leg epitomizes the virtuosity they delighted in displaying.
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Genius of Mirth
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Genius of Mirth. Artist: Thomas Crawford (American, New York 1813?-1857 London). Dimensions: 47 x 20 x 24 in. (119.4 x 50.8 x 61 cm). Date: 1842; carved 1843. During a visit to Crawford's Rome studio in 1842, the New Yorker Henry Hicks gave him an order for a sculpture, leaving the theme to the artist's choosing. Crawford's selection of a lighthearted youth was likely to please his patron, as images of children were especially popular in the mid-nineteenth century. He described his subject as "a boy of seven or eight years, dancing in great glee, and tinkling a pair of cymbals, the music of which seems to amuse him exceedingly." The sculptor and his contemporaries relished the technical challenges of carving marble; the disengaged raised left leg epitomizes the virtuosity they delighted in displaying.
Technique/material:
Marble
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3249 x 4094 px | 38.1 MB
Print size:
27.5 x 34.7 cm | 10.8 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
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