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Teresa Guiccioli Gamba

Lorenzo Bartolini XIX sec. d.C.

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This splendid portrait of Countess Teresa Gamba Guiccioli, Lord Byron's companion, was made in 1822 at the express wish of the poet whom Bartolini was portraying, precisely during the couple's stay in Pisa.

Technical information

Author: Lorenzo Bartolini
Title: Teresa Guiccioli Gamba
Date: XIX sec. d.C.
Material and technique: Plaster
Size: h 67 cm
Location: Palazzo Pretorio Museum
Third Floor

This portrait is, among Bartolini's various busts, the one that best emphasises the delicate transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. This transition is something the sculptor was able to summarise in the treatment of the dress and hair and in the naturalness of the woman's face.

The first marble reproduction of the bust is now in Cape Town, in tandem with that of Lord Byron. Sculpturally, the two works were intended to be placed in the same context. In fact, they are turned toward each other similarly to other pairs of busts by the same artist. Another marble copy of the portrait is in Ravenna, in one of the monumental rooms of the Classense Library, and was donated to the city by the Gamba family in 1949.