Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon — Clodion (Claude Michel). Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon, ca. 1784. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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Model for a Proposed Monument to Commemorate the Invention of the Balloon

by Clodion (Claude Michel)

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Artist: Clodion (Claude Michel) (French, Nancy 1738–1814 Paris)
Date: ca. 1784
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 43 1/8 x 24 3/4 x 20 3/8 in. (109.5 x 62.9 x 51.8 cm)
Type: Sculpture
Classification: Sculpture
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund and Anonymous Gift, 1944
Accession no.: 44.21a, b

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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.

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