1943.1392: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.1392
- People
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After Louis François Roubillac, French (Lyon, France 1702 - 1762 London, England)
- Title
- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: Standing Figure of Shakespeare Leaning Against a Desk
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture, figure
- Date
- c. 1758
- Culture
- French
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/229719
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Lead
- Dimensions
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26.4 x 20.1 x 14 cm (10 3/8 x 7 15/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
with base: 29.9 x 24 x 14 cm (11 3/4 x 9 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: back of base, graphite: By / Louis François Roubiliac [sic] / 1695-1762
- gallery label: removed from base? now in curatorial file, paper and black ink, handwritten: Shakespeare / Original model / in lead by / Louis Francis / Roubiliac [sic] / 1730
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Henry Willett, Esq., Brighton, by descent; ? to his heirs, possibly sold; [to Frederick Rathbone, London], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1910, 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
- 1943.1392
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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