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Jacques-Louis Gautier (French, 1831-after 1868) (Sculptor)
ca. 1855
cast bronze
(18th and 19th Centuries )

Inscription

[Signature] Heightened after casting, on surface of self-base at left: J. Gautier

Provenance
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Shepherd Gallery, Associates, Inc., New York [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Walters Art Museum, September 1985, by purchase.

Exhibitions

1998-1999 Degas and the Little Dancer. Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore.
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Geographies

France (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 9 1/16 x W: 9 13/16 x D: 34 1/4 in. (23 x 25 x 87 cm)

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided in part by Robert Sonnenborn in memory of Miss Hortense Reit, 1985

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.

27.592

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  • Wednesday—Sunday: 10 a.m.—5 p.m.
  • Thursday: 1–8 p.m.
  • Monday—Tuesday: Closed

Location

600 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD
21201

Phone

410-547-9000

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