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Francisque-Joseph Duret
Dancing Neapolitan Boycirca 1838

Not on view
Bronze sculpture of a bare-chested male figure in a dynamic dancing pose, balanced on one foot with one arm raised overhead, on a round textured base

Francisque-Joseph Duret, Dancing Neapolitan Boy, circa 1838, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, James E. Clark Bequest, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Francisque-Joseph Duret
Title
Dancing Neapolitan Boy
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa 1838
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
37 13/16 x 15 x 14 11/16 in. (95.89 x 38.1 x 37.15 cm)
Credit Line
James E. Clark Bequest
Accession Number
M.87.119.13
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
European Painting and Sculpture
Selected Bibliography
  • Butler, Ruth; Hargrove, June E.; Holderbaum, James; Hunisak, John M. and Anne M. Wagner. The Romantics to Rodin. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1980.
  • Tolles, Thayer. "Bacchante and Infant Faun: Tradition, Controversy, and Legacy." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 77, no.1 (2019): 5-47.