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Identification and Creation

Object Number
51.1935
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Frans (François) Duquesnoy, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1597 - 1643 Paris, France?)
Previously traditionally attributed to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian (Naples, Italy 1598 - 1680 Rome, Italy)
Title
Bust of a Man
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Rene Descartes
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch?
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232820

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Marble
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
84.8 x 64 x 34 cm (33 3/8 x 25 3/16 x 13 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lord North, Oxfordshire, England, By descent through Pope and North families?, Sold to Major Paget.
Major Paget, Hampstead, London, England, Purchased from Lord North, Sold to Karl Freund, 1921.
Karl Freund Arts Inc., New York, NY, Purchased from Major Paget, 1921, Sold to Gabriel Wells, 1934.
Gabriel Wells, Purchased from Karl Freund Arts, Inc., 1934, Gift to Harvard University.
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Gift of Gabriel Wells, 1934.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University (Gift from Mr. Gabriel Wells of New York, 1935, in memory of his friend William James)
Object Number
51.1935
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • "A Bust by Bernini Given to Harvard", Art News (March 16 1935), repr.
  • "Can You Name Sitter or Sculptor?", Boston Post (Boston, MA, February 5 1937), repr.

Verification Level

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