Bust of Lafayette, after Houdon | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1267
People: Unidentified Artist
After Jean-Antoine Houdon, French (Versailles, France 1741 - 1828 Paris, France)
Title: Bust of Lafayette, after Houdon
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, bust
Date: 1903
Places: Creation Place: Europe, France, Sevres
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230146

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Hard-paste biscuit porcelain
Dimensions: 74.9 x 51.4 x 28.6 cm (29 1/2 x 20 1/4 x 11 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Sèvres Manufactory, France], 1903, sold; to E. F. Bonaventure, 1904, sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 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

1943.1267

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@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. 48, cat. 105

Exhibition History

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

Verification Level

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1943.1267: Bust of Lafayette, after Houdon