Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck

Frank Duveneck American
 Cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 700

After the death of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck (1846– 1888), her bereaved husband, the painter Frank Duveneck, modeled a funerary monument with the guidance of the Cincinnati sculptor Clement J. Barnhorn. Reminiscent of Gothic and Renaissance gisant (recumbent) tomb effigies, the figure reclines peacefully, arms folded over her chest. The palm branch stretching nearly the entire length of her body symbolizes Christian victory over death and suggests that her sleep is not eternal, but temporary. The original bronze is on Elizabeth Duveneck’s grave in the Cimitero Evangelico degli Allori, the Protestant cemetery on the outskirts of Florence.

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Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, Frank Duveneck (American, Covington, Kentucky 1848–1919 Cincinnati, Ohio), Bronze and gold leaf, American

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Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, Frank Duveneck (American, Covington, Kentucky 1848–1919 Cincinnati, Ohio), Bronze and gold leaf, American
Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, Frank Duveneck (American, Covington, Kentucky 1848–1919 Cincinnati, Ohio), Bronze and gold leaf, American

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