Nymphs Holding Aloft a Platter Charged with Fruit
Claude Michel, called Clodion, French (active Paris), 1738 - 1814
Geography:
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1785-1793Medium:
PlasterDimensions:
Height (without base): 7 feet 5 1/2 inches (227.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
1938-24-7Credit Line:
Gift of Eva Roberts Stotesbury in memory of Edward T. Stotesbury, 1938
Made in Paris, France, Europe
Date:
c. 1785-1793Medium:
PlasterDimensions:
Height (without base): 7 feet 5 1/2 inches (227.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Decorative Arts and Sculpture
* Gallery 288, European Art 1500-1850, second floor
Accession Number:1938-24-7Credit Line:
Gift of Eva Roberts Stotesbury in memory of Edward T. Stotesbury, 1938
Label:
This sculpture, its pendant group, and an identical pair of plaster groups now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, were made to occupy corner niches in the dining room at 44 Rue des Petites-Ecuries in Paris, a town house owned by the count de Botterel-Quintin.
This sculpture, its pendant group, and an identical pair of plaster groups now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, were made to occupy corner niches in the dining room at 44 Rue des Petites-Ecuries in Paris, a town house owned by the count de Botterel-Quintin.
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