Sauterelle (Grasshopper)

Inscriptions

Inscribed: J.J.Jaquet 1857 (back); Cormann & Cie / Bruxelles Berman 1803 (foundry medallion inset on back)

Provenance

Shepherd Gallery, New York, before 1979; sold to John N. Stern, Winnetka, Illinois, by 1979; given to the Art Institute, 1993.

Exhibition history

Oberlin, OH, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, "Ecole to Deco: Small Sculptures from a Private Collection," 8 May – 2 September 1979, cat. 2.

Publications

Harold Berman, Bronzes: Sculptors and Founders, 1800–1930 (Chicago: Abage Publishers, 1976), fig. 1803 (ill.). Cor Engelen, Beeldhouwkunst in België: vanaf 1830 (Leuven: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2002), pp. 949–51, (ill.). For comparison, see: Cor Engelen and Mieke Marx, Archief in beeld: tentoonstelling, Algemeen Rijksarchief Brussel (Brussel: Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2002), pp. 190–193 (ill.). [Two busts similar to ours signed J.J. Jaquet]

Quick Overview

Artist: Jan Jozeph Jaquet (Belgian, 1822–1898)
Date: 1857
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: bust/head
Style: nineteenth century
Place: Belgium
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Credit line: Gift of John N. Stern
Accession no.: 1993.401

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Jan Jozeph Jaquet
1857 · Sculpture
Public collection via the Art Institute of ChicagoAT-00001964

Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.