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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.15
People
After Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
Title
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
c. 1880
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/227838

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
45 x 36.8 x 31.9 cm (17 11/16 x 14 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
with base: 56 cm (22 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: rear rim, cast in: F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR
  • inscription: proper right shoulder, cast in: houdon f 1778

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Unidentified dealer, Philadelphia?], sold; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, 1900, by descent?; to Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr., his son, Wilmington, Delaware, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1977

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Joseph Y. Jeanes, Jr.
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.15
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Benjamin Franklin, Houghton Library, Cambridge, 06/05/2006 - 09/23/2006

Verification Level

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