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Monumento alla mongolfiera

ca. 1784
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 552
La prima ascesa di un pallone ad aria calda fu un successo dei fratelli Montgolfier nel 1783: durò soltanto dieci minuti, ma venne ampiamente celebrata. Entro la fine dell’anno, i reali francesi proposero di edificare un monumento per ricordare l’evento. Clodion fu uno dei sette rinomati scultori che presero parte alla gara per ottenere la commissione. È difficile immaginare questo arioso ed elegante volo rococò realizzato in marmo, con i putti che raccolgono fasci di paglia per lanciare il pallone, guidato dalla Fama e spinto da Eolo, il dio dei venti. Il progetto venne abbandonato dopo che i viaggi delle mongolfiere si diffusero fino a diventare un evento normale.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Monumento alla mongolfiera
  • Artista: Clodion (Claude Michel), Francese, 1738-1814
  • Data: 1783
  • Materiale e tecnica: Terracotta
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 109,5 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, Rogers Fund e donazione anonima, 1944
  • Numero d'inventario: 44.21a, b
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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