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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1294
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Democritus
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of a Man (Democrift)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
c. 1700
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229710

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lindenwood
Dimensions
24.9 x 16.7 x 8.2 cm (9 13/16 x 6 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
with base: 27 x 16.7 x 8.2 cm (10 5/8 x 6 9/16 x 3 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: front of base, relief: DEMOCRIET

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
1943.1294
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 26, cat. no. 67 p. 116, repr. as pl. LX

Exhibition History

  • European Sources of German Baroque Art, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/26/1968 - 03/30/1968

Verification Level

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