Diane Chasseresse | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1963.129
People: Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, French (Toulouse, France 1831 - 1900 Paris, France)
Marguerite Espenan-Cresson
Title: Diane Chasseresse
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: c.1882
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/228406

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze, with black over brown patina

Dimensions

44.4 x 35.5 x 25 cm (17 1/2 x 14 x 9 13/16 in.)
with base: 58.6 cm (23 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

Signed: proper left shoulder: A. Falguière
foundry mark: rear base, center, cast in, French: THIEBAUT FRÈRES / FONDEURS / PARIS
stamp: rear base, right, cast in: [T]IFFANY & C[o.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, 1882. Tiffany & Co. imported these busts from France and distributed them.
Mrs. Irving M. Sobin, Boston MA, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irving M. Sobin
Accession Year: 1963
Object Number: 1963.129
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

"Acquisitions", Acquisitions (Fogg Art Museum), ed. John Coolidge, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1964), p. 32, repr.
Jeanne L. Wasserman, Diana in Late Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, brochure, Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1989), under no. 2

Verification Level

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