February from the Twelve Months Panels
Artist
Karl Theodore Francis Bitter
(Austrian/American, 1867-1915)
Date1892-93
MediumMarble
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN11657.2
By the 19th century, carnival scenes had become almost synonymous with the month of February. Music, dancing, and most of all, elaborate costumes were part of the festivities. To the right, a boy dressed in 18th-century court attire topples over a boy wearing a jester’s hat, while a Napoleonic soldier emerges from the folds of a curtain.
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- Museum of Art, Gallery 21
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