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Portrait bust of a Man

(1756–1813)
about 1795
Object PlaceLyon, France
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta with terracotta socle
DimensionsOverall (without socle): 26.7 cm (10 1/2 in.)
Other (with socle): 33.4 cm (13 1/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2216
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
InscriptionsSigned on back of truncation, incised in clay before firing: chinard/Lyon; a paper sticker on back of truncation is inscribed: Chinard/Un Conventionnel/DW 2327/CTEB; a fragment of another paper sticker is inscribed: ionnel".
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 2, 1944, 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.
about 1780–90
About 575 B.C.
early 3rd century B.C.
about 1750
latter half of the 7th century
latter half of the 7th century
about 1st century A.D.