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Bust of Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly, Comtesse de Pange
Inscriptions
Inscribed: HOUDON F. 1780 (undercut of left shoulder)
Provenance
Commissioned by Anne-Marie-Louise Thomas de Domangeville de Sérilly (1762–1799; later Comtesse de Pange), Paris; confiscated by the Revolutionary Tribunal, Paris, 1794 [this and the following according to research report by Jean Montague Massengale; in curatorial object file]; returned to the Comtesse de Pange, 1796; by descent through the family, Passy-sur-Yonne, France. Nathaniel Mayer von Rothschild (1836–1905), Vienna, by 1899 [Rothschild 1903]; by descent to his nephew, Baron Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild (1878–1942), Vienna, 1905; confiscated by the Nazis, 1938 [the bust was first taken to the Zentral-Depot, Neue Burg, Vienna to be inventoried. This and the following according to AR 1080, Zentral Depot Karteien; copy in curatorial object file]; transferred to Altaussee, Austria, by 1945; recovered by Allied troops, 1945; restituted to Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild’s widow, Clarice de Rothschild (1894–1967; born Sebag-Montefiore), New York, by Dec. 5, 1947. With Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, 1947. Private collection, United States. Jean Montague Massengale, Norton, CT; by descent to John E. Massengale III and the Jean Montague Massengale Charitable Trust; with Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.
Publications
Nathaniel de Rothschild, Notizen über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände (Vienna, 1899 and 1903), p. 17, no. 32. Louis Réau, "A Great French Sculptor of the Eighteenth Century: Jean-Antoine Houdon," Connoisseur 121, 508 (1948), pp. 75 (ill.), 77. F. J. B. Watson, "The Nation’s Treasures: The Wallace Collection," Studio 137, 673 (1949), p. 105 (ill.). Ann Hill, "The Boudoir of Madame de Sérilly," Apollo 64, 377 (1956), pp. 8–11, fig. 1. Louis Réau, Houdon: sa vie et son oeuvre 2 (Paris, 1964), no. 174. H. H. Arnason, The Sculpture of Houdon (New York, 1975), p. 113, no. 151. Ian Wardropper, "Collecting European Sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago," Apollo 154, 475 (2001), pp. 8–9, fig. 11. Ghenete Zelleke, "Gifts Beyond Measure," Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 28, 2 (2002), pp. 86–87, no. 54 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)
- Date
- 1780
- Medium
- Marble
- Dimensions
- H.: 89.9 cm (35 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- sculpture
- Style
- 18th Century
- Place
- France
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture of Europe
- Credit line
- Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection; the Lacy Armour, Harry and Maribel G. Blum Foundation, Richard T. Crane, Jr. and European Decorative Arts Purchase endowments; Eloise W. Martin and European Decorative Arts Purchase funds; purchased with funds provided by the Woman's Board in honor of Gloria Gottlieb and Mrs. Eric Oldberg; through prior acquisitions of Robert Allerton, Mary and Leigh Block, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrew Brown, Miss Janet Falk, J.S. Landon Fund, Brooks and Hope B. McCormick, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Regenstein, Sr., Mrs. Florene Schoenborn, and the Solomon A. Smith Charitable Trust through the Antiquarian Society
- Accession no.
- 1996.79
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