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Portrait bust of a man
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Portrait bust of a man

Ligier Richier (died in 1572)
about 1540
Object PlaceMetz, France
Medium/TechniqueStone; Limestone
Dimensions71.75 cm (28 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession number1983.39
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Collections
Provenance16th century, created to adorn the façade of the house at 33, rue de la Fournirue (the so-called “Maison des Têtes”), Metz, France; 1913, removed from the façade and sold to an American collector [see note]. 1962, Blumka Gallery, New York; April 26, 1962, sold by Blumka to R. Thornton Wilson (b. 1886 - d. 1977), New York; 1983, bequest of R. Thornton Wilson to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1983)

NOTE: This is one of five busts that were removed from the façade of the sixteenth-century building at this time; in 1973, the four others were purchased by the Musée de la Cour d’Or, Metz (inventory nos. 73.5.16a-d). On their history, see Musées de Metz: Dossiers d’oeuvres (Musées de la Cour d’Or, Metz, 2007), p. 74.
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