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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.75
People
Horatio Greenough, American (Boston, MA 1805 - 1852 Somerville, MA)
Title
Jesus Christ
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
c. 1845
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228115

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
58.4 x 41.3 x 25.4 cm (23 x 16 1/4 x 10 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Horatio Greenough, from her husband at his death?
Gift to Harvard University, 1912.
Transfer to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Transfer from Harvard University Collection, Gift of Mrs. Horatio Greenough in 1912
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.75
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Cornelius C. Vermeule III, "America's Neoclassic Sculptors: Fallen Angels Resurrected", The Magazine Antiques (November 1972), p. 870-872, fig. 7

Exhibition History

  • 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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