1943.1293: Heraclitus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.1293

People

Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Claude Michel, called Clodion, French (Nancy, France 1738 - 1814 Paris, France)
Previously attributed to Pieter Xavery, Flemish (active c. 1670-1674)

Title

Heraclitus

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Bust of a Man (Heracliet)

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, bust

Date

c. 1700

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/229906

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Lindenwood

Technique

Carved

Dimensions

24.7 x 15.8 x 7 cm (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
with base: 27 x 15.8 x 7 cm (10 5/8 x 6 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: front of base, relief: HERACLIET

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

1943.1293

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 68 pp. 116-117, repr. as pl. LXI

Exhibition History

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

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