Provenance
Probably collection of Armand-Jean-Baptiste Maurin [d. by 1803], 1805.[1] Émile Ladan-Bockairy, Paris, by 1900. [2] George Blumenthal [1858-1941], New York, after 1911; (his sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 1-2 December 1932, no. 96); (Jean Seligmann).[3] Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus [1876-1970], New York; gift 1942 to NGA.
[1] The work corresponds to the description in the Maurin sale catalogue 1 April 1805, Paris, lot 44; Thirion, Les Adam et Clodion, Paris, 1885: 402.
[2] Lent by Émile Ladan-Bockairy to the 1900 Exposition universelle in Paris, no. 4727, and Molinier/Marcou 1901, repro.
[3] See annotated sales catalogue in NGA Curatorial Records.
Accession Number
1942.12.1
Medium
terracotta
Dimensions
overall (with self-base): 36.8 x 26 x 18.7 cm (14 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 7 3/8 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of Irma I. Straus in memory of her husband, Jesse Isidor Straus