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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1166.A
People
Josse François Joseph Le Riche, French (Mons, France 1741 - 1812 Mons, France)
After ? Simon Louis Boizot, French (Paris, France 1743 - 1809 Paris, France)
Title
Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
18th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230009

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Biscuit porcelain
Dimensions
35.5 x 28.2 x 16.5 cm (14 x 11 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
head: 11.5 x 9.4 x 16.5 cm (4 1/2 x 3 11/16 x 6 1/2 in.)
body: 27.2 x 28.2 x 16.5 cm (10 11/16 x 11 1/8 x 6 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: incised in proper left edge of base: J R; proper right edge: J R 12

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Madame le Dauphin; to, Comtesse de Caze, Paris, her dauggter. [E. F. Bonaventure Inc., New York], sold; to Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, 1928, 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
1943.1166.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Washington, Lafayette, Franklin: Portraits, Books, Manuscripts, Prints, Memorabilia, for the Most Part from the Collections of the University, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1944), p. 49, cat. 109

Exhibition History

  • Washington Lafayette Franklin, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 02/22/1944 - 05/28/1944

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