Angel with a dead child
Statuette
ca. 1878 (cast)
ca. 1878 (cast)
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Dalou (1838-1902) was the son of a glove maker and initially trained in drawing at the Petit École in Paris. There he was encouraged to do sculpture. In 1854 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he trained for four years. He was known for his left-wing political sympathies and was involved in the establishment of the Paris Commune in 1871. After his overthrow he was forced into exile in London, where he lived from 1871 until his return to Paris in 1879. In London he frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and he was given a teaching appointment at the National Art Training School in South Kensington (later the Royal College of Art), where he had a profound effect on the development of British sculpture.
Dalou was based in Paris but spent the years of 1871–9 in London, where his teaching inspired a whole generation of students. Much of his London work concentrated on scenes of quiet domesticity, translated here into the tenderness with which the angel holds the dead child.
Dalou was based in Paris but spent the years of 1871–9 in London, where his teaching inspired a whole generation of students. Much of his London work concentrated on scenes of quiet domesticity, translated here into the tenderness with which the angel holds the dead child.
Object details
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| Title | Angel with a dead child (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze cast in lost wax technique |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, Angel with a dead child, by Aimé-Jules Dalou, Anglo-French, ca. 1878 |
| Physical description | Signed and stamped. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr H. L. Florence |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Mr H. L. Florence, presumably Lt. Col. Henry Louis Florence, in 1917. Transferred to the Bethnal Green Museum in 1969, and returned to the V&A in 1983. |
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| Summary | Dalou (1838-1902) was the son of a glove maker and initially trained in drawing at the Petit École in Paris. There he was encouraged to do sculpture. In 1854 he entered the École des Beaux-Arts, where he trained for four years. He was known for his left-wing political sympathies and was involved in the establishment of the Paris Commune in 1871. After his overthrow he was forced into exile in London, where he lived from 1871 until his return to Paris in 1879. In London he frequently exhibited at the Royal Academy and he was given a teaching appointment at the National Art Training School in South Kensington (later the Royal College of Art), where he had a profound effect on the development of British sculpture. Dalou was based in Paris but spent the years of 1871–9 in London, where his teaching inspired a whole generation of students. Much of his London work concentrated on scenes of quiet domesticity, translated here into the tenderness with which the angel holds the dead child. |
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| Accession number | A.29-1917 |
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| Record created | April 18, 2005 |
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