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CLODION, Claude MICHEL, called

Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle 1738 - Paris 1814

Jeune femme portant un enfant sur son épaule droite

Young Woman Carrying a Child on her Right Shoulder

1790-1800

terracotta

statuette

Dimensions (HxWxD): 17 14 x 5 18 x 5 18 in.

back of base: CLODION

Acc. No.: 1978.41

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Therese Kuhn Straus in memory of her husband, Herbert N. Straus, Harvard Class of 1903, 1978.41

Photo credit: 2009 President and Fellows of Harvard College

© Artist : public domain

© Artist : public domain

Provenance

  • Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Comtesse de Montesquiou-Fezensac sale, no. 122
  • Carlos G. de Candamo
  • 1934, Paris, Galerie Charpentier, no. 71
  • New York, Therese Kuhn (Mrs. Herbert N.) Straus
  • 1978, gift to the Fogg Art Museum

Bibliography

  • Museum's website, January 21, 2013
  • 1885 Thirion
    Henri Thirion, Les Adam et Clodion, Paris, A. Quantin, 1885, p. 408

Exhibitions

  • 1935-1936 New York
    French Painting and Sculpture of the XVIII Century, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 6, 1935-January 5, 1936, no.103

    1978 Cambridge
    The Mrs. Herbert N. Straus Collection, Cambridge, Fogg Art Museum, April 13-June 17, 1978, no. 31

    2008-2013 Cambridge
    Re-View: S424-426 Western Art from 1560 to 1900, Cambridge, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, August 16, 2008-July 1, 2013