Portrait bust of Marie-Anne Botot d'Angeville
Jean-Baptiste Defernex
(1729–1783)
1752
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
DimensionsOverall (with socle): 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)
Overall (without socle): 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Overall (without socle): 19.3 cm (7 5/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2219
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance1937, David David-Weill (b. 1871 - d. 1952), Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine, France; 1937, sold by David-Weill to Wildenstein and Company, New York [see note 1]; October 28, 1943, 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] See "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News, February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20.
NOTES:
[1] See "Sale of the David-Weill Collection," Art News, February 27, 1937, pp. 12, 20.
about 1795
about 1780–90
About 575 B.C.
320–270 B.C.
late 3rd or early 2nd B.C.
early 3rd century B.C.
about 1750
30 B.C.–A.D. 364
latter half of the 7th century
latter half of the 7th century
about 1st century A.D.
12th–13th century