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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1966.83
People
Unidentified Artist
After Pierre Le Pautre, French (1660 - 1744)
After François Girardon, French (Troyes 1628 - 1715 Paris)
Title
Aeneas carrying his father, Anchises, followed by Ascanius, after Le Pautre
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227747

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze with brown patina
Dimensions
55 x 25.2 x 28.8 cm (21 5/8 x 9 15/16 x 11 5/16 in.)
40 lbs

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mallett at Bourdon House, Ltd., London, England], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Purchase through the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Abraham in honor of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Scheuer
Accession Year
1966
Object Number
1966.83
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lisa Lotte Möller, "Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe: Erwerbungen der Europäischen Abteilung im Jahre 1964", Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunstsammlungen (1966), vol. 11, pp. 228-251, p. 240, no, 3
  • H. Wade White, "Recent Accessions in Sculpture", Fogg Art Museum Newsletter, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, February 1967), vol. IV, no. 3, [unpaginated]
  • The French Bronze, 1500 to 1800, exh. cat., Knoedler & Co. Inc. (New York, NY, 1968), under no. 57
  • François Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries: The Reign of Louis XIV, Paul Cassirer Gallery (Oxford, England, 1981), vol. 2, no. 9b4, repr. p. 377

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 3620 University Study Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/14/2015 - 01/03/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/07/2016 - 05/08/2016; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/31/2019 - 01/08/2020; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/27/2022 - 01/01/2023; Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/02/2023 - 12/30/2023

Verification Level

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