1943.1133: Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1133

People

Unidentified Artist
After Louis-Pierre Deseine, French (Paris, France 1749 - 1822 Paris, France)
Attributed to Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
Jean-Sylvain Bailly

Title

Jean Sylvain Bailly (1736-1793)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, bust

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229671

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gilt bronze

Dimensions

25.8 x 10.1 x 10.1 cm (10 3/16 x 4 x 4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Marquis Réne de Girardin, Paris, 1902. [E. F. Bonaventure Inc., New York], sold; to Genville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1133

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Bronze bust on marble base with bronze foot.

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. 49, cat. 107
• Agnes Mongan, Harvard Honors Lafayette, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1975), repr. fig. 28B

Exhibition History

• Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944
• Harvard Honors Lafayette, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 12/03/1975 - 03/12/1976

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