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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 viewClassificationsSculpture
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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.
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.
Germaine Richier
16th century (?)
Possibly 19th century; formerly thought to be 14th century
14th century
about 1500
