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Identification and Creation

Object Number
B78
People
Christian Daniel Rauch, German (Arolsen, Germany 1777 - 1857 Dresden, Germany)
Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Title
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859)
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
bust, sculpture
Date
1850
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/304735

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Technique
Cast
Dimensions
48.5 x 36.2 x 21 cm (19 1/8 x 14 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back: 1823 C. R. Fec 1850
  • inscription: reverse side: Engraved, on back, barely legible: Gift of the Goethe Institute to Widener Library, 1970

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Gift of the Goethe Institute to Widener Library, 1970

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of the Goethe Institute to Widener Library, 1970
Object Number
B78
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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