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Art Object

Bather (from a fountain group)

Jean Antoine Houdon  (French, Versailles 1741–1828 Paris)

Date:
1782
Culture:
French (Paris)
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
Overall: 47 x 43 x 28 in. (119.4 x 109.2 x 71.1 cm)
Classification:
Sculpture
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.673
  • Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

    Signature: (on front of rock): Houdon F. 1782

  • Provenance

    Château de Monceau, Paris (in 1783)Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d'Orléans , Château de Monceau, Paris (1783–at least 1787) (in 1781; described by Houdon as part of group for the garden of Monceaux de M. le Duc de Chartres); (in 1783; exhibited at Salon); (in 1787, described by Paul Henri Thiery, Baron d'Holbach as on the grounds of Monceau); Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford , Bagatelle, Paris (from ca. 1835) (1835 is the date Lord Hertford acquired the Bagatelle); Sir Richard Wallace , Bagatelle, Paris ; Sir John Edward Murray Scott, Bt. , Bagatelle, Paris (until 1904; sold to Duveen) (until 1904; sold to Duveen); [ Duveen Brothers , 1904–1910; sold to Benjamin Altman between 1910 and 1911 ] ; Benjamin Altman (1910/11–13; bequeathed to MMA)

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