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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1422
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694-1778)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
18th-19th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229645

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
35 x 12.8 x 12.5 cm (13 3/4 x 5 1/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
with base: 48 x 14.7 x 12.5 cm (18 7/8 x 5 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.1422
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Washington, Lafayette, Franklin: Portraits, Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Memorabilia, for the Most Part from the Collections of the University, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), p. 28, cat. 57b

Exhibition History

  • Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944

Verification Level

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