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| Keywords: Bust of Mary Robinson.jpg Bust of Mary Robinson; by Pierre Jean David 93 SA 56 Buste de Mary Robinson 1824 marble 46 4 cm 18 1/4 in Getty Museum Sculpture Decorative Arts place of discovery object history exhibition history credit line This austere bust of a young American woman by a French sculptor has an enigmatic air The lack of accessories the geometric simplicity of the shapes and the classicizing square form of the bust give the work an otherworldly effect To augment this effect the artist carved the face with smooth planes left the pupils blank and unincised and fashioned the large loops of hair on the top of her head in simple clear shapes to bring out the figure's abstract qualities The figure's remote classicism is leavened by the naturalism of details such as her bumpy nose Pierre-Jean David d'Angers captured the awkwardness of adolescence in his sitter representing Mary Robinson as a shy teenager with her head demurely tilted forward and down casting a deep shadow below her brows Mary Robinson was the daughter of a merchant and sea captain with a route between New York and Le Havre France She probably sat for the sculptor on a family visit to France accession number Object Number 93 SA 56 place of creation French http //www getty edu/art/collection/objects/1247/pierre-jean-david-d'angers-bust-of-mary-robinson-french-1824/ dz 0 5000 0 7272 0 88 getty edu PD-100 cc-by-4 0 © J Paul Getty Museum Sculptures by Pierre Jean David Media contributed by the J Paul Getty Museum | ||||
