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La Douleur (Head of Sorrow)

(French, 1840–1917)
1882
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions24.13 x 22.86 x 21.59 cm (9 1/2 x 9 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Dr. Henry A. Schroeder from Janet Gregg Schroeder
Accession number1978.397
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1954, Curt Valentin (b. 1902 - d. 1954), New York; bought from his estate by Janet Gregg Schroeder (b. 1902), Lincoln, MA; 1978, gift of Janet Gregg Schroeder to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 18, 1978)
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