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Claude Michel, called Clodion (French, 1738–1814)
late 18th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta
Dimensions26.04 x 20.32 x 39.37 cm (10 1/4 x 8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Sidney T. Allen
Accession number60.1393
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceApril 19, 1876, possibly in Anonymous sale, Paris, lot 3 [see note 1]. By 1960, Mrs.Sidney T. Allen, Manchester, Ma; 1960, gift of Mrs. Allen to the MFA. (Accession date: November 9, 1960)

Notes:

[1] See H. Thirion, Les Adam et Clodion (Paris: A. Quantin, 1885) Appendix, p. 409, in the curatorial file.
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