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Allegory of Inspiration
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This statuette was cast from the original model for the crowing figure in the pediment of the permanent Art Palace, St. Louis Exposition, 1904 (present location unknown). The artist wrote in a letter to the Walters Art Museum in 1940: "I think I made them ["Inspiration" and "Justice" (WAM 54.693)] in 1903, that they belong to Mr. Hebrard, Rue Royale, Paris, and were by him sold to Mr. Walters in 1906. They are the original studies for other works and there are no other copies in existence."
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1906, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 23 1/4 in. (59 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1917 (?)
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.692