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European Sculpture

Ahmanson Building, Level 3 & Sculpture Garden: Artworks on view

Comprising European sculpture from the twelfth through the early twentieth centuries, LACMA’s collection is famed for its Renaissance and baroque polychrome sculptures. Of particular note are the French eighteenth-century terra-cottas, with examples of the work of Tuby, Clodion, Chinard, and Pajou. The nineteenth century is richly represented with sculptures by David d’Angers, Rude, Carrier-Belleuse, Dalou, Falguière, and above all, Auguste Rodin; works by Rodin and Bourdelles are installed in the renovated B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden.

Andrea della Robbia
Judgment of Jupiter
John Deare
1786–1787
Judgment of Jupiter
John Deare
1786–1787

Marble relief

58 1/4 x 117 1/4 in.

Gift of Anna Bing Arnold

Archangel Raphael
Italy, Naples
c. 1600
Archangel Raphael
Italy, Naples
c. 1600

Polychromed and gilded wood

Height: 70 in.

Gift of Anna Bing Arnold

Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist
Auguste Rodin
c. 1887–1907
Severed Head of Saint John the Baptist
Auguste Rodin
c. 1887–1907

Marble

8 x 15 3/4 x 13 1/2 in.

Museum purchase made possible by the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation in memory of B. Gerald Cantor

Pietà
Spain, Seville or Córdoba (?)
c. 1725
Pietà
Spain, Seville or Córdoba (?)
c. 1725

Polychromed plaster, macerated linen fibers, gesso- or glue-soaked fabric, wood, papier-mâché, glass and other materials.

45 1/4 x 44 1/2 x 33 in.

Purchased with funds provided by Eugene V. Klein and Mary Jones-Gaston in memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stone Jones, by exchange.

New Acquisition: Baratta’s Wealth and Prudence

December 1, 2011

On view now in our European galleries are two life-size allegorical figure statues, Wealth and Prudence, by the late Florentine Baroque master, Giovanni Baratta (1640–1747)—just acquired through the largess of The Ahmanson Foundation. The rediscovery of these sculptures has been recognized as a major contribution to the study of early eighteenth-century Florentine art...

Keeping Tabs on an Art Collection

September 21, 2009

Last month I fulfilled a lifelong dream of visiting the Hermitage museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. When I was there, I noticed a number of large notations applied directly on the backs of some of the sculptures on view. Marks like those pictured above are used for recordkeeping purposes at museums, but these seemed particularly bold to me...

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