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| A Circus Boy |
Artist:Antonio Mancini (Italian, Albano 1852–1930 Rome)
Date:1872
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:59 5/8 x 28 1/2 in. (151.4 x 72.4 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Elizabeth U. Coles, in memory of her son, William F. Coles, 1892
Accession Number:92.1.62
Sporting tattered tights and juggling rings, this ragamuffin entertainer reflects Mancini’s fascination with the picturesque realm of street performers. The canvas, the first of several that he devoted to acrobats in the 1870s, was probably inspired by the Cirque Guillaume, a French troupe that toured his hometown of Naples. Not long after Mancini created this work, he travelled to Paris, eager to make a name for himself in the capital of the art world. This painting, presented to the Metropolitan in 1892, was the first by the artist to enter a museum.
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