Creator:

Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, 1844-1917  Search this

Extent:

656 Pages ((on partial microfilm reel))

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Date:

undated

Biographical / Historical:

Sculptor, Rome, Italy. Born in Richmond, Va., of a Sephardic Jewish family, Ezekiel was educated at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. Fought with the Confederates in the Civil War. In 1869, he went to Berlin to study at the Royal Art Academy, and he met with great success, winning a prize that allowed him to study in Rome, where he resided permanently. His studio in Rome was in the Diocletian baths.

Provenance:

Donated by Joseph Gutmann, an Art History professor at Wayne State University, who published an edited version of the memoirs in 1975. The photocopy was discarded after microfilming.

Restrictions:

The Archives of American art does not own the original papers. Use is limited to the microfilm copy.

Occupation:

Sculptors -- Italy -- Rome  Search this

Topic:

Sculpture -- Italy -- Rome  Search this

Function:

Artists' studios -- Italy -- Rome

Identifier:

AAA.ezekmose

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97cd2bb60-f65d-45d6-8370-41d5ce49bbdc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-ezekmose