Marquis Jean Deydé (1617–1687)
Jean Deydé was a high-ranking member of the bureau of accounting at Montpellier in southern France. The bust and its original pedestal with the Deydé arms once stood in the Orangerie of the family residence in Montpellier.
Artwork Details
- Title: Marquis Jean Deydé (1617–1687)
- Artist: Christophe Veyrier (1637–1689)
- Date: 1684
- Culture: French, Toulon
- Medium: Marble
- Dimensions: Bust, wt. confirmed: 26 × 23 1/2 × 11 in., 192 lb. (66 × 59.7 × 27.9 cm, 87.1 kg)
Pedestal with socle, wt. confirmed: 59 × 17 1/4 × 13 1/2 in., 677 lb. (149.9 × 43.8 × 34.3 cm, 307.1 kg)
Height (Total): 85 in. (215.9 cm)
Height (socle): 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)
Length (Length of socle pin): 2 3/4 in. (7 cm) - Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Purchase, Josephine Bay Paul and C. Michael Paul Foundation Inc. Gift and Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Paul Foundation Inc. Gift, in memory of James J. Rorimer, 1966
- Object Number: 66.129a–c
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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