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A life-sized plaster statue of Baccelli, the famous dancer and mistress of John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset. The woman is naked and reclines seductively on a mattress which is covered with a loose sheet. She leans up on her elbows, supported by two pillows decorated with tassels at the corners. Her right leg is crossed over her left leg, and she looks to her right, a smile upon her lips, and her hair swept up with ringlets around her neck. The statue is displayed on a wooden plinth made for the 1976 exhibition at Tate.
Title
Giovanna Francesca Antonia Guiseppe Zanerini (1753–1801), Called 'La Baccelli'
Date
1778
Medium
plaster
Measurements
H 74 x W 82 x D 198 cm
Accession number
130059
Acquisition method
commissioned by John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, 1778
Work type
Statue