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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1289
People
Manufactured by Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres
Unidentified Artist
After Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne the Younger, French (Paris, France 1704 - 1778 Paris, France)
Title
Louis XV (1710-1774)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of Louis XVI
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
relief, sculpture
Date
1764-1774
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/229905

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain bisque
Dimensions
26.5 x 22 x 12.8 cm (10 7/16 x 8 11/16 x 5 1/16 in.)
with base: 30 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: inside base, paper, black ink, handwritten: 10
  • manufacturer's mark: back, above base, incised: [in monogram:] JJB

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
1943.1289
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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