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Head of Christ
Head of Christ

Head of Christ

Jean-Baptiste (Auguste) Clésinger (French, 1814–1883)
1867
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions63.2 x 40 x 46.7 cm (24 7/8 x 15 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Patricia Learmonth, to the memory of her husband, Raoul H. Fleischmann
Accession number1983.158
On View
On view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1981, Sheperd Gallery, New York; January 16, 1981, sold by Sheperd to Patricia Learmonth, New York; 1983, gift of Patricia Learmonth to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1983)
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