Bust of Flora

1857

29.4 cm 43.2 cm 19 cm

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Palmer, who was self-taught, was among the first American sculptors to break with the prevailing neoclassical style and adopt a more naturalistic approach.A version of this bust (likely in plaster or clay) was first exhibitied in New York in 1856, and a first marble version ma...

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William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1858, by purchase from artist for $600; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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