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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.6.B
People
Pierre Le Pautre, French (1660 - 1744)
Previously attributed to Jean Le Pautre, French (1618 - 1682)
Title
Angel Carrying a Cornucopia
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1710
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/50741

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, on marble plinth
Dimensions
107.95 x 66.04 x 57.15 cm (42 1/2 x 26 x 22 1/2 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Comtesse de H. (Harcourt?), sold; [Palais Galliera, Paris, March 26, 1963, lot 71]; [Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, NY], sold; purchased for Fogg Art Museum through Burr, Daly, Hyatt and Prichard Funds, January 22, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial, Louise Haskell Daly, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing, and William M. Prichard Funds
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.6.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Tres importants tableaux anciens, auct. cat., Palais Galliera (Paris, March 26, 1963), Lot 71, plate XXVII
  • [Reproduction only], Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1964, (Cambridge, MA, 1965).
  • Baroque Sculpture and the Decorative Arts: a Loan Exhibition, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1965), cat. no. 38
  • François Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, Paul Cassirer Gallery (Oxford, England, 1981), cat no. 31

Exhibition History

  • Baroque Sculpture and the Decorative Arts, Jewett Arts Center, Wellesley, 03/07/1965 - 03/27/1965

Verification Level

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