The Vestal

After a marble figure by Clodion (Claude Michel) French

ca. 1770

Not on view

The model for this figure is a marble sculpture in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. The marble differs only slightly from this version, such as in the extended fingers on the Vestal's left hand. A signed terracotta, dated as early as 1765, was in the Alexander Stroganoff sale of 1931.

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Title: The Vestal
Artist: After a marble figure by Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
Date: ca. 1770
Culture: French, Lorraine
Medium: Terre de Lorraine
Dimensions: Height: 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
Object Number: 50.211.105
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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