The Blue Room
The Blue Room with the Yellow Oval Room above and the Diplomatic Reception Room below it, form the most elegant...
Christopher Columbus
- Artist
- Giuseppe Ceracchi
- Date of Work
- modeled ca. 1790-94, carved ca.1815
- Medium
- marble
- Type
- Sculpture
- Credit
- White House Collection/White House Historical Association
Christopher Columbus
This marble bust of explorer Christopher Columbus is by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Ceracchi. Ceracchi sculpted many notable Americans, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. This bust was acquired along with busts of Amerigo Vespucci and President Washington by the Monroe Administration in 1817.
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