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    Museum collections / The Metropolitan Museum of Art
    Laurence Sterne (1713–1768) by Joseph Nollekens
    Joseph Nollekens. Laurence Sterne (1713–1768), first modeled 1766. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).
    AT-00016837

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    Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

    by Joseph Nollekens

    Quick Overview

    Artist
    Joseph Nollekens (British, London 1737–1823 London)
    Date
    first modeled 1766
    Medium
    Marble
    Dimensions
    Overall (confirmed): 21 3/4 × 12 × 10 × 7 1/2 in., 59 lb. (55.2 × 30.5 × 25.4 × 19.1 cm, 26.8 kg)
    Type
    Sculpture
    Classification
    Sculpture
    Department
    European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
    Credit line
    Purchase, John T. Dorrance Jr. Gift, in memory of Elinor Dorrance Ingersoll, 1979
    Accession no.
    1979.275.2

    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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    Open-access museum data

    This record comes from the open-access collection data that the Metropolitan Museum of Art publishes for unrestricted use (Creative Commons Zero). Art Trackers shows a selection of the museum's published fields. The Metropolitan Museum of Art is not an Art Trackers client and has not reviewed or endorsed this page; the museum's own website is the authoritative record.

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    Open-access museum record · AT-00016837

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