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.
Jean-Louis Lemoyne
second half of 18th century
