Creative Commons License
Voltaire
late 18th century
terracotta
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
This piece is a reduced replica of the figure in white marble by the firm of Rosset and Son, of Saint Claude.
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.
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.
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1956 | French Taste in the Eighteenth Century. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. |
Geographies
France (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 11 7/16 in. (29.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
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.
27.371