Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), marble, modeled 1865; cut 1866

Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), marble, modeled 1865; cut 1866

Gallery One, European Gallery

A famous and inspirational figure in the Nineteenth Century Democracy movement, Giuseppe Garibaldi played a central role in the Risorgimento, or Italian unification, as well as uprisings in South America. In 1865 he was living in exile at his home in Caprera, a tiny island off Sardinia. Ney traveled there to persuade him to let her model his portrait. After he agreed, she spent several weeks at her task. Ney hoped to sell replicas of his bust. The original plaster model is in the Ney Museum collection. (Long-term loan from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Mrs. Varner Brown Moor in Memory of her Mother, Rosa Maddox Brown, 1915.3)

Ney, Elisabet, 1833-1907

Modern Art Museum -- Fort Worth (Tex.)

Elisabet Ney Museum: https://www.austintexas.gov/department/elisabet-ney-museum

1866

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Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Gift of Mrs. Varner Brown Moor in Memory of her Mother, Rosa Maddox Brown, 1915.3