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Irene Millet

1917
Not on view
Greco-Egyptian funerary portraiture provided the stylistic inspiration for this bust. The subdued polychromy indicates that it was intended for execution in pâte de verre; an example of the head alone in that medium is in the Musée Bourdelle, Paris. Mrs. Millet and her husband were the donors of the Museum's monumental bronze Herakles the Archer by Bourdelle (24.232).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Irene Millet
  • Artist: Antoine-Emile Bourdelle (French, Montauban 1861–1929 Vésinet)
  • Date: 1917
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Original plaster, tinted and polychromed
  • Dimensions: 20 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 10 3/4 in. (52.1 × 40 × 27.3 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Stephen C. Millett, 1966
  • Object Number: 66.42
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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Heracles Drawing his Bow against Stymphalian Birds, Antoine-Emile Bourdelle French, Bronze, French
Heracles Drawing his Bow against Stymphalian Birds
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Herakles the Archer, Antoine-Emile Bourdelle French, Gilt bronze, French
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Antoine-Emile Bourdelle
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Antonin Bunand, Antoine-Emile Bourdelle French, Bronze, French
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Alexis Rudier
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