Mantel Clock with a Genius Honoring the Arts
c. 1785/1790
Clockmaker, French
Clockmaker, French, 1743 - 1830
Artwork overview
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Medium
bisque, glazed, and enameled porcelain with gilded bronze ornament; marble base
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Credit Line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of the children of Robert and Argentina Dudley)
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Dimensions
overall: 55.1 × 67.6 × 19.5 cm (21 11/16 × 26 5/8 × 7 11/16 in.)
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Accession
2014.136.364
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kunsthandlung E. Heinemann K.G., Wiesbaden). possibly Major A.J. Boggs, Washington.[1] Robert Whittier [d. 1986] and Argentina Copello [d. 1984] Dudley, Bethesda, Maryland; gift 1993 from their children to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] A letter dated 25 July 1950, from the Heinemann gallery to U.S. Air Force Major Boggs, in NGA curatorial files, discusses the clock and Boggs's interest in it. There is no further documentation indicating whether or not Boggs purchased the clock.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
base signed: Manufacture de Me le Duc d'Angoulême à Paris; clock signed: Courvoisier et Houriet; paraphrased Greek inscription on the book: Whoever does not welcome the art of the painter does an injustice to truth and wisdom
Wikidata ID
Q62288157