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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2002.66.7
People
Ernest Bussière, French (died 1937)
Title
Cinquantenaire de la Société d'Archeologie Lorraine
Classification
Plaques
Work Type
plaque
Date
1898
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Lorraine
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/147092

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
242.45 g, 11.7 x 8.9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in script at lower left, "E. Bussière"
  • inscription: below image and centre left, cast: CINQUANTENAIRE DE LA SOCIETE/ D'ARCHEOLOGIE LORRAINE (below image); 1848/ ~ / 1898 (to left)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
David N. Silich, Gift to Harvard University Art Museums, 5.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Corina and David Silich-von Schulthess in memory of Dr. Leo Mildenberg
Accession Year
2002
Object Number
2002.66.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Rectangular relief plaque showing torso of a seated woman, her hair in a chignon, in a gothic interior, her chin resting in her left hand; her outstretched right hand holds a globe on a stand which is accompanied by a statue of a cupid on a stand, a relief plaque (gravestone?) of a tulip(?) behind, an rolled scroll and seal to the right, and rosary beads(?) below

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