The Three Horatii Crowned by Victory
probably 1790s
Sculptor, French, 1749 - 1821
Artwork overview
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Medium
terracotta
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (height by diameter of base): 30 × 13 cm (11 13/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
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Accession
2018.207.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Edmond Courty [1896-1972], Châtillon-Sous-Bagneux; his descendants; purchased by (Galerie Terrades, Paris);[1] purchased by David McDonnell, Arlington, Virginia; gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] According to an e-mail from Galerie Terrades, of 15 January 2019, to NGA curator Alison Luchs (in NGA curatorial files), they purchased the sculpture "a few years ago" from a private collection that had inherited it from Courty, who was a well-known collector of French sculpture.
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