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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1267
People
Unidentified Artist
After Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
Title
Bust of Lafayette, after Houdon
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1903
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230146

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions
74.9 x 51.4 x 28.6 cm (29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Sèvres Manufactory, France], 1903, sold; to E. F. Bonaventure, 1904, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 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
1943.1267
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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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. 48, cat. 105

Exhibition History

  • Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944

Verification Level

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