Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck information

Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck
Artist	Frank Duveneck, Clement Barnhorn
Year	Completed 1891
Type	Bronze, gold leaf
Dimensions	167 cm × 104 cm × 215.9 cm (66 in × 41 in × 85.0 in)
Location	Cimitero degli Allori, Florence, Italy

The Tomb Effigy of Elizabeth Boott Duveneck is a funerary monument completed in 1891 by the American artist Frank Duveneck. It was constructed for the grave of his wife Elizabeth Boott Duveneck, (known as Lizzy (1846–1888), also an artist) at the Cimitero degli Allori, outside Florence, Italy. Although primarily a painter, Frank Duveneck produced a number of sculptures, assisted in their design by the sculptor Clement Barnhorn.^[1]

The couple married relatively late when they were both around 40 years old. She came from a wealthy Boston family, while he had a middle-class Kentucky background. Although neither her father nor her friends (including Henry James) approved of the marriage, the couple were devoted to each other. Lizzie's early death just four years after their marriage left Duveneck distraught. In commemoration, he co-designed and sculpted this highly expressive monument, which is widely considered a high point of 19th-century funerary art.

The effigy is made from bronze and gold leaf and is life-sized at 215.9 cm (85.0 in) in length. A 1927 copy is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.^[1]