DALOU, Aimé-Jules

Paris 1838 - Paris 1902

La Fayette (ou Lafayette) (Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, 1757-1834)

Lafayette (or La Fayette) (Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, 1757-1834)

1881

plaster

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 14 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 6 x 7 ¹⁄₂ in.

proper lower left of base: DALOU

Acc. No.: 1943.1025

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop, 1943.1025

Photo credit: 2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard Art Museums

www.harvardartmuseums.org

Provenance

• 1881, created by Aimé Jules Dalou and given to the Marquis de Lafayette by the artist
• 1907, New York, gift of the Marquis de Lafayette to Grenville L. Winthrop
• 1943, bequest to the Fogg Art Museum

Bibliography

• Museum's website, January 21, 2013
• 1975 Mongon
  Agnes Mongan, Harvard Honors Lafayette, exh. cat., Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, 1975, no. 58, repr.

Exhibitions

• 1975-1976 Cambridge
  Harvard Honors Lafayette, Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, December 3, 1975-March 12, 1976, no. 58

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