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Summer (one of a set of four)

After a model by Edme Bouchardon French
probably mid-18th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 545
This set of four Seasons (35.104.1–.4) are copies at reduced scale of limestone reliefs on Bouchardon's fountain in the rue de Grenelle, Paris, commissioned in 1735 and finished in 1745.

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Object Information
  • Title: Summer (one of a set of four)
  • Artist: After a model by Edme Bouchardon (French, Chaumont 1698–1762 Paris)
  • Date: probably mid-18th century
  • Culture: French
  • Medium: Marble
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 20 1/4 × 33 3/4 × 3 1/4 in., 81 lb. (51.4 × 85.7 × 8.3 cm, 36.7 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1935
  • Object Number: 35.104.2
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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