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Seated Female Satyr

(French, 1759–1834)
about 1790
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta with self-base
DimensionsOverall: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Other (diam of self-base): 21.7 cm (8 9/16 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2221
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
InscriptionsNone
ProvenanceRothschild collection, London [see note 1]. 1947, Wildenstein and Co., New York; September 10, 1947, sold by Wildenstein to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] This provenance was provided by Wildenstein and Co. at the time of the object's acquisition by Forsyth Wickes (September 10, 1947). Whether Wildenstein had acquired it directly from the Rothschild family is not known.
early 19th century
about 1780–90
19th century
probably 19th century
1820
1826
Late 19th to early 20th century
A.D. 1100–1550