1943.1164: Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1164

People

Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
After ? Marie-Anne Collot, French (Paris, France 1748 - 1821 Nancy, France)

Title

Denis Diderot (1713-1784)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

bust, sculpture

Date

c. 1768

Places

Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229819

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bisque porcelain

Dimensions

24.5 x 16 x 13 cm (9 5/8 x 6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)
with base: 30.3 cm (11 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: cement seal between bust and base, graphite: [ ] 73
• inscription: inside base, incised: [cursive F?]

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

1943.1164

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 140, repr.

Exhibition History

• Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 01/23/1969 - 03/31/1969
• HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008

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