1943.1164: Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1164
- People
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Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
After ? Marie-Anne Collot, French (Paris, France 1748 - 1821 Nancy, France)
- Title
- Denis Diderot (1713-1784)
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- bust, sculpture
- Date
- c. 1768
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229819
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bisque porcelain
- Dimensions
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24.5 x 16 x 13 cm (9 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
with base: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: cement seal between bust and base, graphite: [ ] 73
- inscription: inside base, incised: [cursive F?]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1943.1164
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 140, repr.
Exhibition History
- Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
- HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008
Verification Level
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