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Ceracchi created a [[terracotta]] model of Hamilton, from life, about 1791–92.<ref name=usdott>{{cite web|title=Treasury's Hamilton Bust|url=http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/collections/Pages/Treasury%27s-Hamilton-Bust.aspx|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]}}</ref> This was subsequently sent to Rome, where he created the marble version. As written to Hamilton in July 1792, Ceracchi was "impatient to receive the clay that I had the satisfaction of forming from your witty and significant [[physiognomy]]".<ref name=nad>{{cite book|last1=Dearinger|first1=David Bernard|title=Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925|date=2004|publisher=Hudson Hills Press|isbn=1-55595-029-9|pages=90–91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHH45aYubp4C&pg=PA90|chapter=Giuseppe Ceracchi}}</ref> He returned to deliver the bust to Hamilton in 1794. He did not receive payment until later. On March 3, 1796, Hamilton wrote in his cash-book: "for this sum through ''delicacy'' paid upon cherachi’s draft for making my bust on his own importunity & as a favour to him $620"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hamilton|first1=Alexander|title=From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, 25 July 1795|url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0312#ARHN-01-18-02-0312-fn-0006|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]|page=note 6|nopp=y|date=July 25, 1795}}</ref> |
Ceracchi created a [[terracotta]] model of Hamilton, from life, about 1791–92.<ref name=usdott>{{cite web|title=Treasury's Hamilton Bust|url=http://www.treasury.gov/about/history/collections/Pages/Treasury%27s-Hamilton-Bust.aspx|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]}}</ref> This was subsequently sent to Rome, where he created the marble version. As written to Hamilton in July 1792, Ceracchi was "impatient to receive the clay that I had the satisfaction of forming from your witty and significant [[physiognomy]]".<ref name=nad>{{cite book|last1=Dearinger|first1=David Bernard|title=Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925|date=2004|publisher=Hudson Hills Press|isbn=1-55595-029-9|pages=90–91|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PHH45aYubp4C&pg=PA90|chapter=Giuseppe Ceracchi}}</ref> He returned to deliver the bust to Hamilton in 1794. He did not receive payment until later. On March 3, 1796, Hamilton wrote in his cash-book: "for this sum through ''delicacy'' paid upon cherachi’s draft for making my bust on his own importunity & as a favour to him $620"<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hamilton|first1=Alexander|title=From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, 25 July 1795|url=https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Hamilton/01-18-02-0312#ARHN-01-18-02-0312-fn-0006|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives]]|page=note 6|nopp=y|date=July 25, 1795}}</ref> |
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The Hamilton family kept the bust until 1896 when it was bequeathed to the [[New York Public Library]] along with the portrait painting of [[George Washington]], ''[[c:File:Stuart-george-washington-constable-1797.jpg|The Constable-Hamilton Portrait]]'', by [[Gilbert Stuart]].<ref name=sothebys>{{cite web|title=Property from the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations |url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/american-paintings-drawings-sculpture-including-property-from-the-new-york-public-library-astor-lenox-and-tilden-foundations-n08134/lot.3.html |publisher=Sotheby's |date=November 30, 2005 | |
The Hamilton family kept the bust until 1896 when it was bequeathed to the [[New York Public Library]] along with the portrait painting of [[George Washington]], ''[[c:File:Stuart-george-washington-constable-1797.jpg|The Constable-Hamilton Portrait]]'', by [[Gilbert Stuart]].<ref name=sothebys>{{cite web|title=Property from the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations |url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/american-paintings-drawings-sculpture-including-property-from-the-new-york-public-library-astor-lenox-and-tilden-foundations-n08134/lot.3.html |publisher=Sotheby's |date=November 30, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807090947/http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2005/american-paintings-drawings-sculpture-including-property-from-the-new-york-public-library-astor-lenox-and-tilden-foundations-n08134/lot.3.html |archivedate=August 7, 2016 }}</ref> Both were sold together, as requested by the will, on November 30, 2005 to the [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]] for over $8 million.<ref name=usdott/> |
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A copy of the bust is now housed at [[Hamilton Grange]], in New York City. The original is displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} |
A copy of the bust is now housed at [[Hamilton Grange]], in New York City. The original is displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} |
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| Artist | Giuseppe Ceracchi |
| Year | 1794 |
| Type | Sculpture |
| Medium | White marble |
| Subject | Alexander Hamilton |
| Dimensions | 63.5 cm × 35.6 cm × 30.5 cm (25.0 in × 14.0 in × 12.0 in) |
Alexander Hamilton is a marble bust portrait of Alexander Hamilton, done in the style of a Roman Senator, by the Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi.[1] Ceracchi also created many replicas, in both marble and plaster. The bust was later used as a model for sculptures and paintings.
History
Ceracchi created a terracotta model of Hamilton, from life, about 1791–92.[2] This was subsequently sent to Rome, where he created the marble version. As written to Hamilton in July 1792, Ceracchi was "impatient to receive the clay that I had the satisfaction of forming from your witty and significant physiognomy".[3] He returned to deliver the bust to Hamilton in 1794. He did not receive payment until later. On March 3, 1796, Hamilton wrote in his cash-book: "for this sum through delicacy paid upon cherachi’s draft for making my bust on his own importunity & as a favour to him $620"[4]
The Hamilton family kept the bust until 1896 when it was bequeathed to the New York Public Library along with the portrait painting of George Washington, The Constable-Hamilton Portrait, by Gilbert Stuart.[5] Both were sold together, as requested by the will, on November 30, 2005 to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art for over $8 million.[2]
A copy of the bust is now housed at Hamilton Grange, in New York City. The original is displayed at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.[citation needed]
Description
Ceracchi portrayed Hamilton in the style of a Roman Senator, with wavy hair and bare-chested, wearing a ribbon of the Order of the Cincinnati over his right shoulder.[1][2]
Inscription
The original work is inscribed on the back in Latin:[5]
DE FACIE PHILADELPHIAE |
This translates to "Executed in Philadelphia and copied in Florence, Executed by Joseph Ceracchi, 1794."[2]
Legacy
The painter John Trumbull used the bust as model for a series of 1804–08 portraits of Hamilton.[6][7]
The first U.S. Postal Service stamp to honor Hamilton was an 1870 30-cent stamp using this bust as a model.[8]
In 1880, the bust owned by Hamilton's son, John C. Hamilton, was used as a model for the head of the granite statue by Carl Conrads.[9]
At the Hamilton Grange National Memorial, the National Park Service has installed a touch-screen display that features an avatar modeled after Ceracchi's bust.[10]
While Ceracchi (born on July 4, 1751) created busts for several founding fathers, his life did not end well. After returning to Europe, he first celebrated Napoleon with a bust, but then turned against him. After an unsuccessful plot, Napoleon had him guillotined at the Place de Grève on January 30, 1801.[9][11]
Gallery
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Portrait by John Trumbull, 1806 -
30-cent U.S. stamp -
Statue by Carl Conrads
References
- ^ a b "Alexander Hamilton, (sculpture)". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- ^ a b c d "Treasury's Hamilton Bust". U.S. Department of the Treasury.
- ^ Dearinger, David Bernard (2004). "Giuseppe Ceracchi". Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 1-55595-029-9.
- ^ Hamilton, Alexander (July 25, 1795). "From Alexander Hamilton to Robert Troup, 25 July 1795". National Archives. note 6.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|nopp=ignored (|no-pp=suggested) (help) - ^ a b "Property from the New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations". Sotheby's. November 30, 2005. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016.
- ^ Sizer, Theodore (1967). "Alexander Hamilton: Ceracchi Type". The Works of Colonel John Trumbull, Artist of the American Revolution. with the assistance of Caroline Rollins (Revised ed.). Yale University Press. pp. 37–8.
- ^ "Alexander Hamilton, (Replica) (painting)". Inventory of American Sculpture, Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Smithsonian American Art Museum.
- ^ "30-cent Hamilton". National Postal Museum.
- ^ a b "The Hamilton Statue. Its Unveiling To-day – The Bust After Which It Was Modeled". The New York Times. November 22, 1880.
- ^ "Hamilton Comes to Life (and Death) On-screen". National Park Service.
- ^ Roscoe, Ingrid; Hardy, Emma; Sullivan, M.G. "Giuseppe Ceracchi". Online Database of the Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660–1851.
External links
- "Alexander Hamilton, by Giuseppe Ceracchi". Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
- Torbert, Amy (2016). "Satisfied: Giuseppe Ceracchi's Bust of Alexander Hamilton". Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
- "Treasury's Hamilton Bust". U.S. Department of the Treasury.
- Dearinger, David Bernard (2004). "Giuseppe Ceracchi". Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. Hudson Hills Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 1-55595-029-9.
