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Monumento al globo

ca. 1784
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
En 1783, los hermanos Montgolfier realizaron el primer ascenso en un globo aerostático. Duró apenas diez minutos pero fue causa de muchas celebraciones. Al final de ese año, la corona francesa propuso un monumento para celebrar la hazaña y Clodion fue uno de los siete escultores talentosos que compitieron para obtener el encargo. Es difícil imaginar en mármol su imaginativa propuesta de un estilo rococó etéreo, con amorcillos que forman montículos de paja para el lanzamiento del globo, guiados por la Fama e impulsados por Eolo, dios del viento. El proyecto nunca se realizó, ya que los globos aerostáticos se convirtieron rápidamente en un lugar común.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Monumento al globo
  • Artista: Clodion (Claude Michel), francés, 1738–1814
  • Fecha: 1783
  • Material: Terracota
  • Dimensiones: a. 109,5 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, Fondo Rogers y donación anónima, 1944
  • Número de inventario: 44.21a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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