Bust of Hannibal

Sculpture

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Museum of Antiquities - University of Saskatchewan

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Name/Title

Bust of Hannibal

Entry/Object ID

89F0151

Description

Bust of a man with his head slightly turned to the right with curly hair and a beard. Fabric is draped over the shoulders, wearing a cuirass with a Gorgon head in the center, mounted on a turned marble base.

Type of Sculpture

Bust

Artwork Details

Medium

Bronze, Marble

Context

Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian military commander who led forces in Italy during the Second Punic War (218-201 BCE). He is best known for crossing the Alps with his forces, which included 37 war elephants, and successfully reaching and occupying Italy for 13 years. The bust is believed to have been made for King Louis XIV during the mid 17th century by either Francois Girardon (Louis' sculptor) or his protégé Sebastien Slodtz. The bust later made its way to Napoleon Bonaparte, who idolized Hannibal for his military prowess, where it was kept in the St. Cloud Chateau.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Francois Girardon

Role

Sculptor

Artist

Sebastien Slodtz

Role

Sculptor

Date made

1600 - 1699

Time Period

Early Modern

Place

Site

Workshop of Francois Girardon

Ethnography

Culture/Tribe

French

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

66 cm

Width

37 cm

Depth

27.5 cm

Research Notes

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Souchal, Francois. La Collection du Sculpteur Girardon. Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. LXXXII, 1973. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Zeuner, Wolfgang. Hot on the Heels of Hannibal. Geographical Magazine, October, 1990. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Picard, Gilbert Ch. Le Portrait d'Hannibal: Hypothese Nouvelle/ Studi Annibalici. Academia Etrusca Di Cortona. 1964. Public: No

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Reference

Notes

Museum Seeks Identity of Bust. On Campus News. April 16, 1987. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Souchal, Francois. Les Slodtz. 117-131, 584-586. Public: No

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Reference

Notes

Meneval, La Baron Claude-Francois de. Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de Napoleon I. E. Dentu, editeur, Paris. 1894. 463. Public: No

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Reference

Notes

Meneval, La Baron Claude-Francois de. Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de Napoleon I. E. Dentu, editeur, Paris. 1893. 201. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Meneval, La Baron Claude-Francois de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: The Court of the First Empire. vol. 1. New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 174. Public: No

Research Type

Reference

Notes

Meneval, La Baron Claude-Francois de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte: The Court of the First Empire. vol. 2. New York: P.F. Collier & Son. 752. Public: No

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Reference

Notes

Ludwig, E. Napoleon. Translation Eden and Cedar Paul. New York: Carden City Publication Co., 1926. 189. Public: No