Ginevra

Hiram Powers, Ginevra, modeled 1842, marble, 26189 12 in. (66.045.724.1 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.65
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Artwork Details

Title
Ginevra
Artist
Date
modeled 1842
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
26189 12 in. (66.045.724.1 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
marble
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure female — bust
  • Literature — Shelley — Ginevra
Object Number
1968.155.65

Artwork Description

Hiram Powers began modeling the first version of Ginevra immediately after he arrived in Florence in the late 1830s. The name Ginevra was inspired by the poem Italy by Samuel Rogers, which tells the story of a young bride who vanished on her wedding night and was found dead in a chest more than fifty years later. The only way the body could be identified was by a ring bearing the bride’s name, Ginevra. Almost twenty years after the original bust was modeled, Powers created a second version while visiting his daughter in England.

Works by this artist (10 items)

Raphaelle Peale, Melons and Morning Glories, 1813, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paul Mellon, 1967.39.2
Melons and Morning Glories
Date1813
oil on canvas
On view
Raphaelle Peale, William E. Dickson, ca. 1815, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1944.3.32
William E. Dickson
Dateca. 1815
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Raphaelle Peale, Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D., ca. 1805, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1942.7.2
Portrait of a Gentleman with Initials G. D.
Dateca. 1805
watercolor on ivory
Not on view
Raphaelle Peale, Portrait of a Child, ca. 1800, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund, 1963.9.5
Portrait of a Child
Dateca. 1800
watercolor on ivory
Not on view

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