Bust of Marie Antoinette

Description This painted plaster bust is on a marble pedestal in the form of a fluted column. It is a small version of Félix Lecomte's (1737-1817) bust of Marie Antoinette at Versailles. The piece has gilt metal mounts.

Exhibitions

• French Taste in the Eighteenth Century. The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit. 1956.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters