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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1963.129
People
Jean Alexandre Joseph Falguière, French (Toulouse, France 1831 - 1900 Paris, France)
Marguerite Espenan-Cresson
Title
Diane Chasseresse
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c.1882
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228406

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, with black over brown patina
Dimensions
44.4 x 35.5 x 25 cm (17 1/2 x 14 x 9 13/16 in.)
with base: 58.6 cm (23 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: proper left shoulder: A. Falguière
  • foundry mark: rear base, center, cast in, French: THIEBAUT FRÈRES / FONDEURS / PARIS
  • stamp: rear base, right, cast in: [T]IFFANY & C[o.]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Tiffany & Co., New York, NY, 1882. Tiffany & Co. imported these busts from France and distributed them.
Mrs. Irving M. Sobin, Boston MA, Gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1963.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Irving M. Sobin
Accession Year
1963
Object Number
1963.129
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "Acquisitions", Acquisitions (Fogg Art Museum), ed. John Coolidge, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1964), p. 32, repr.
  • Jeanne L. Wasserman, Diana in Late Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, brochure, Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1989), under no. 2
  • Harvard Art Museums: In Your Hands, Harvard Art Museums and GILES (Cambridge, 2025)

Verification Level

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