AT-00010956
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Head of Balzac
Inscriptions
inscribed in lower front: "DE BALZAC." The artist's name and date ("DAVID DANGERS/1844") are inscribed on the left side, and the foundry's name ("F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR") is inscribed on the back. All inscriptions were made in the mold.
Provenance
Helen and Albert Borowitz, Cleveland, Ohio
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Pierre-Jean David d'Angers (French, 1788–1856)
- Date
- 1844
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 24.3 x 14.5 x 13.3 cm (9 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift in memory of Helen Borowitz
- Accession no.
- 2013.265
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