Bust of Jean Racine

Description Boizot is remembered for his decorative sculptures made for members of Louis XVI's court as well as for his realistic portrait busts. In 1779, he presented a bust of the great French dramatist Racine (1639-1699) that was similar to this example to the Comédie-Française in exchange for a lifetime pass to the theater.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
3/30/1967	Treatment	cleaned
6/29/1971	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Dr. and Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacobs Sale, Baltimore, December 12, 1940, no. 1083; Walters Art Museum, 1940, by purchase.

Credit Museum purchase, 1940