Louis XVI (1754-1793) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1167
People: Unidentified Artist
After Alexandre Brachard, French (active 1784 - 1827)
After Simon Louis Boizot, French (Paris, France 1743 - 1809 Paris, France)
Title: Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: bust, sculpture
Date: 18th century
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230010

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Porcelain

Dimensions

17.4 x 15.5 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
height with both bases: 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
height with marble base: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: back of bust, incised into model, then cast: A. B. [sigb. '93?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [E. F. Bonaventure, Inc., New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1928, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1167

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

[Reproduction only], "Porcelain and Pottery", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, November 1943)., repr. in b/w, p. 66

Verification Level

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