1943.1074: Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1074

People

Unidentified Artist
After Jean-Jacques Caffieri, French (1725 - 1792)

Title

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

bust, sculpture

Date

1777 or after

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/230117

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gilded silver

Dimensions

11.4 x 12 x 8 cm (4 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
with base: 29.2 x 13.8 cm (11 1/2 x 5 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1074

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Washington, Lafayette, Franklin: Portraits, Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Memorabilia, for the Most Part from the Collections of the University, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), p. 28, cat. 58
• Louise Todd Ambler, Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), pp. 85, 124, no. 49, ill. p. 85

Exhibition History

• Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944
• Benjamin Franklin: A Perspective, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/17/1975 - 09/22/1975

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