Grief

late 19th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 556

The painter Bartholomé, grief-stricken at the death of his young wife in 1886, turned to sculpture at the urging of his friend Degas. The result was the Monument to the Dead in the Père-Lachaise cemetary in Paris, completed in 1899, from which this figure was excerpted.

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Title: Grief
Artist: Albert Bartholomé (French, Thiverval 1848–1928 Paris)
Founder: Siot-Decauville (French, Paris, 1881–1926)
Date: late 19th century
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Bronze, red sandstone
Dimensions: Height: 14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Purchase, Mottahedeh and Co. Inc. and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ablat Gifts; Bequest of George D. Pratt, Gifts of Irwin Untermyer and George D. Pratt, by exchange, 1982
Object Number: 1982.17
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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