Versailles, Yvelines 1741 - Paris 1828
Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
Joel Barlow (1754-1812)
1803
plaster
bust
Dimensions (HxWxD): 28 x 19,75 x 11 in.
signed: Houdon / an XII
inscribed: Barlow, 50 ans
Acc. No.: 57-S
Credit Line: Purchased from the American Academy of Fine Arts
Photo credit: scan from 2004 Dearinger, p. 282
© Artist : public domain
© Artist : public domain
Provenance
- 1842, Purchased from the American Academy of Fine Arts
Bibliography
- 2004 Dearinger
David Bernard Dearinger, Paintings and Sculptures in the collection of the National Academy of Design, Vol 1, 1826-1925, Hudson Hills Press, 2004, p. 282, ill.
Exhibitions
- 1993 New York
American Dimensions, New York, National Academy of Design, 1993, n° 16
Comment
- Houdon modeled this bust at the same time that he was doing Robert Fulton's portrait. The two were exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1804.