AT-00016766
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Bust of a Man
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne the Younger (French, Paris 1704–1778 Paris)
- Date
- ca. 1745–50
- Medium
- Bust: pale gray terracotta, covered with a buff colored wash; socle: breccia violetta marble
- Dimensions
- Height (bust): 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm); Height (socle): 4 in. (10.2 cm)
- Type
- Sculpture
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, Charles Ulrick and Josephine Bay Foundation Inc. Gift, 1975
- Accession no.
- 1975.312.4
Provenance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s open-access data does not include an ownership history for this work. See the museum’s page for this work.
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Data retrieved from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on October 9, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00016766
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