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Belisarius and his Guide by Chaudet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2022
Title: Belisarius and His Guide
Artist: Antoine Denis Chaudet (French, Paris 1763–1810 Paris)
Date: 1794
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Bronze, mounted in a bronze circlet with floral ornament painted to resemble gilt bronze, into which is fitted the original rotating mechanism
Dimensions: H. 18 in., D. 14 3/8 in. (47.5 x 36.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Rogers and Edith Perry Chapman Funds, 2004
Accession Number: 2004.113a, b
The popularity of the victorious sixth-century Byzantine general Belisarius aroused the jealous wrath of his emperor Justinian to the point that he had Belisarius imprisoned, then blinded and turned loose to beg for his living. Antiroyalist elements in French society found parallels in the court of Louis XVI, which was coming under increased criticism. When the terracotta model for this group was exhibited at the Salon of 1791, the sentimental Neoclassical public surely relished its pathos and the contrast between the forms of the sightless but ever-proud mendicant and his weary young guide. The quality of the bronze's chasing led early commentators to suppose Chaudet carried it out himself, but more likely he turned to a professional foundry for the expertise needed to give the metal its dazzling range of surfaces. The Neoclassical age sometimes had unexpected kinetic moments: fitted within the unpatinated base is the original turntable on which the group can be revolved so as to be appreciated from every angle.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/231010
Artist: Antoine Denis Chaudet (French, Paris 1763–1810 Paris)
Date: 1794
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Bronze, mounted in a bronze circlet with floral ornament painted to resemble gilt bronze, into which is fitted the original rotating mechanism
Dimensions: H. 18 in., D. 14 3/8 in. (47.5 x 36.6 cm)
Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
Credit Line: Rogers and Edith Perry Chapman Funds, 2004
Accession Number: 2004.113a, b
The popularity of the victorious sixth-century Byzantine general Belisarius aroused the jealous wrath of his emperor Justinian to the point that he had Belisarius imprisoned, then blinded and turned loose to beg for his living. Antiroyalist elements in French society found parallels in the court of Louis XVI, which was coming under increased criticism. When the terracotta model for this group was exhibited at the Salon of 1791, the sentimental Neoclassical public surely relished its pathos and the contrast between the forms of the sightless but ever-proud mendicant and his weary young guide. The quality of the bronze's chasing led early commentators to suppose Chaudet carried it out himself, but more likely he turned to a professional foundry for the expertise needed to give the metal its dazzling range of surfaces. The Neoclassical age sometimes had unexpected kinetic moments: fitted within the unpatinated base is the original turntable on which the group can be revolved so as to be appreciated from every angle.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/231010
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