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 1⁄4 x 5 1⁄8 x 5 1⁄8 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