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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.1167
People
Unidentified Artist
After Alexandre Brachard, French (active 1784 - 1827)
After Simon Louis Boizot, French (Paris, France 1743 - 1809 Paris, France)
Title
Louis XVI (1754-1793)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture, bust
Date
18th century
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230010

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
17.4 x 15.5 x 11 cm (6 7/8 x 6 1/8 x 4 5/16 in.)
height with both bases: 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.)
height with marble base: 21.1 cm (8 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: back of bust, incised into model, then cast: A. B. [sigb. '93?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[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
1943.1167
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • [Reproduction only], "Porcelain and Pottery", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, November 1943)., repr. in b/w, p. 66

Verification Level

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