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Portrait bust of a Woman Artist

(1756–1813)
about 1810
Medium/TechniqueMolded plaster
DimensionsOverall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)
Other (self-base): 7.9 x 7.3 cm (3 1/8 x 2 7/8 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2208
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1909, José Pinto Leite (b. 1871 - d. 1956), 2nd Conde de Penha Longa [see note 1]; December 2, 1911, Penha Longa sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, lot 29. Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), Paris, New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)

NOTES:
[1] Lent to the "Exposition d'Oeuvres du Sculpteur Chinard de Lyon" (Paris, Palais du Louvre, 1909), cat. no. 76.