1943.1166.B: Head of Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1166.B
- People
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Josse François Joseph Le Riche, French (Mons, France 1741 - 1812 Mons, France)
After ? Simon Louis Boizot, French (Paris, France 1743 - 1809 Paris, France)
- Title
- Head of Louis XVI (1754-1793)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- bust, sculpture
- Date
- 18th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/50659
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Biscuit porcelain
- Dimensions
- 35.5 x 28.2 x 16.5 cm (14 x 11 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: incised in proper left edge of base: J R; proper right edge: J R 12
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.1166.B
- 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. 49, cat. 109
Exhibition History
- Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944
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