The Demidoff Table

Lorenzo Bartolini Italian
 Commissioned by Prince Anatole Demidov

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 555

Commissioned by Count Anatoly Nicolaevich Demidoff. The subject is a complex, cosmological allegory best described in the sculptor's own words: "Stretched out upon the plan of the world is Cupid, god of generation, sustaining and watching over the symbolic genius of dissolute wealth without virtue, who snores in his sleep . . . dreaming of past diversions in pleasure. Left to himself, the genius of ambitious rectitude in work sleeps the agitated sleep of misfortune and glory. . . his head extending beyond the periphery of the world."
The original plaster is in the Gipsoteca Bartoliniana, Florence.

The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence

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The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence
The Demidoff Table, Lorenzo Bartolini (Italian, 1777–1850), Marble, Italian, Florence

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