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Minerva as Patroness of American Liberty.
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Creator
Ceracchi, Giuseppe, 1751-1802.
Title
Minerva as Patroness of American Liberty.
Date
Ca. 1791-1792
Physical Description
Terra cotta ; 5 1/2 feet.
Is referenced by
Library Company of Philadelphia. Quarter of a Millennium. Philadelphia: Library Company, 1981, p.91-92.
Van Horne, John C. "The History and Collections of the Library Company of Philadelphia," Magazine Antiques 70 (2) (2006): 60.
Desportes, Ulysses. "Giuseppe Ceracchi in America and his Busts of George Washington," Art Quarterly (Summer 1963): 140-179.
Notes
Gift of the Continental Congress, ca. 1800.
Exhibited in the Library Company and Historical Society of Pennsylvania's exhibition, Women 1500-1900 (1974). Exhibited in the Library Company's exhibition, Quarter of a Millennium (1981).
Subject
Sculpture.
Minerva (Roman deity).
Genre
Sculpture.
Location
OBJ 037
Accession number
OBJ 037
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