Cardinal Scipione Borghese - New York City, NY
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N 40° 46.762 W 073° 57.762
18T E 587529 N 4514782
This sculpture is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Waymark Code: WMN7HQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/12/2015
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"Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577–1633)
Giuliano Finelli
(Italian, Carrara 1601–1653 Rome)
Date: 1631–32
Culture: Italian, Rome
Medium: Marble
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): H. 32 1/4 x W. 30 7/8 x D. 16 in., Wt. 333lb. (81.9 x 78.4 x 40.6 cm, 151.0478kg); Overall height including socle (confirmed): 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm); Pedestal: H. 48 1/4 x Circum. 11 3/4 x W. 17 x D. 17 in. (122.6 x 29.8 x 43.2 x 43.2 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Accession Number: 53.201
On view in Gallery 601
Cardinal Scipione Borghese (1577–1633) was the influential nephew of Pope Paul V and an enthusiastic and refined art collector. A document of 1632 records the payment to Finelli for this portrait bust, originally intended for the Villa Borghese in Rome. Finelli was a pupil of Gianlorenzo Bernini (1598–1680) and a sculptor known for his remarkable skill at carving marble."
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