Twelve Dancers

Luigi Manfredini

late 18th–early 19th century · Gilt bronze · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

These belong to a set of twelve relief figures that were inspired by mural paintings in the so-called Villa of Cicero at Pompeii, excavated in 1749 and again in 1763–64.

Artist

Luigi Manfredini

Date

late 18th–early 19th century

Medium

Gilt bronze

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1926