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Pennsylvania Avenue 1600 ☒
(White House - Blue Room)

Bust of Christopher Columbus in the White House

Description

Bust modeled by 18th-century sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi and then carved by others after his death in 1801; purchased for the White House in 1817, together with Ceracchi's bust of Amerigo Vespucci.

Sculptor

Giuseppe Ceracchi

Sources & Information

NIAF, Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).

Locatie (N 38°53'51" - W 77°2'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usdc01; Added: 1 January 1999