Mary Shelley (1797-1851) 1843 Camillo Pistrucci Singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind.” This is how the radical philosopher William Godwin described his daughter, the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, who achieved fame and infamy for her groundbreaking Gothic fiction Frankenstein (1818), written at the remarkable age of twenty-one.Here, the Italian neoclassicist Camillo Pistrucci uses the imposing genre of the white marble portrait bust to present Shelley in the grand manner of a virtuoso. Balancing the rhythmic forms of the face and drapery with the dazzling details of her sweeping Victorian hairstyle, Pistrucci achieves a precision and finesse that betrays the influence of his father, Benedetto, the unrivaled cameo carver. The artist carved the bust in Rome in the year of Shelley’s Italian sojourn. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #420. The Bust of Mary Shelley and the Martin Brothers Bird Jar Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropie

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Mary Shelley (1797-1851) 1843 Camillo Pistrucci Singularly bold, somewhat imperious, and active of mind.” This is how the radical philosopher William Godwin described his daughter, the Romantic novelist Mary Shelley, who achieved fame and infamy for her groundbreaking Gothic fiction Frankenstein (1818), written at the remarkable age of twenty-one.Here, the Italian neoclassicist Camillo Pistrucci uses the imposing genre of the white marble portrait bust to present Shelley in the grand manner of a virtuoso. Balancing the rhythmic forms of the face and drapery with the dazzling details of her sweeping Victorian hairstyle, Pistrucci achieves a precision and finesse that betrays the influence of his father, Benedetto, the unrivaled cameo carver. The artist carved the bust in Rome in the year of Shelley’s Italian sojourn. Listen to experts illuminate this artwork's story Listen Play or pause #420. The Bust of Mary Shelley and the Martin Brothers Bird Jar Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropie

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