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Bust of Marie Antoinette
1737-1817
plaster with dark reddish-brown paint, marble, gilt metal
(18th and 19th Centuries )
(18th and 19th Centuries )
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.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; 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 with base: 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.238