Italian sculptor and writer. He was among the foremost sculptors in Tuscany in the generation after Lorenzo Bartolini. His early experiments in naturalism attracted such hostile criticism that he was forced to abandon this style in favour of a sensual neo-Greek manner. His later works are marked by a richly expressive eclecticism.
This highly unusual sculpture of the young artist attracted great attention due to its unusual lifelikeness. It was even doubted that it was modeled freehand.
Dupr�’s Abel not only brought academic Neoclassicism to an end; its unsparing naturalism also opened the way to a new era in European sculpture.
The sculpture was commissioned by Grand Duke Leopold II, together with Cain, its companion piece. The original marble versions are in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, the later bronze versions are in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
This highly unusual sculpture of the young artist attracted great attention due to its unusual lifelikeness. It was even doubted that it was modeled freehand.
Dupr�’s Abel not only brought academic Neoclassicism to an end; its unsparing naturalism also opened the way to a new era in European sculpture.
The sculpture was commissioned by Grand Duke Leopold II, together with Cain, its companion piece. The original marble versions are in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, the later bronze versions are in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
The sculpture was commissioned by Grand Duke Leopold II, together with Abel, its companion piece. The original marble versions are in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, the later bronze versions are in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
The sculpture was commissioned by Grand Duke Leopold II, together with Abel, its companion piece. The original marble versions are in The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, the later bronze versions are in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence.
