MIDDLEBURY — In the past year the Middlebury College Art Museum was able to acquire a stunning neoclassical marble portrait tondo carved in 1862 in Rome. What is particularly notable about the relief is that it is among the first identified sculptures of its kind by a Vermont-born woman artist. The relief, signed and dated “M. F. Foley. SC. Roma. 1862,” is by Margaret F. Foley (1827–1877) who grew up in Vergennes. While stories abound of artists overcoming challenging odds to establish themselves and make a … (read more)
