Jules-David Cromot, Baron du Bourg
c. 1757
Artist, French, 1704 - 1778
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 54
Artwork overview
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Medium
marble
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Credit Line
Gift of Camille de Nucheze, direct descendant, and her husband, John Hadley Cox
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Dimensions
overall: 79.7 x 48.3 x 41.9 cm (31 3/8 x 19 x 16 1/2 in.)
gross weight: 285 lb. (129.275 kg) -
Accession
1985.39.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The sitter [1725-1788]; by descent in the family to his great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter, Camille de Nuchèze [Mrs. John Hadley Cox], Las Vegas;[1] gift 1985 to NGA.
[1] See details of the family genealogy in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 133, repro.
1999
Norman Herz, Katherine A. Holbrow and Shelley G. Sturman. "Marble Sculture in the National Gallery of Art: a Provenance Study." In Max Schvoerer, ed. Archéomatériaux: marbres et autres roches: ASMOSIA IV, Bordeaux, France 9-13 october 1995: actes de la IVème Conférence international de l’Association pour l’étude des marbres et autres roches utilizes dans le passé. Talence, 1999: 101-110.
2008
Penny, Nicholas. "The Evolution of the Plinth, Pedestal, and Socle." In Collecting Sculpture in Early Modern Europe. Nicholas Penny and Eike D. Schmidt, eds. Studies in the History of Art 70, Symposium Papers 47 (2008): 463, 464 fig. 5.
Wikidata ID
Q63860900