Female Torso
Aristide Maillol
c. 1905
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
height: 16.51 cm (6 1/2 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CSD
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
1995.47.19
About the Artist
Aristide Maillol
Aristide Maillol (1861–1944) was a French sculptor, painter, and printmaker born in the coastal village of Banyuls-sur-Mer in Roussillon. From a young age, he aspired to be an artist, moving to Paris in 1881 despite living in poverty. He studied at the École des Arts Décoratifs in 1883 and was accepted into the prestigious École des Beaux-Arts in 1885, where he trained under the academic masters J...