Faun Family, c. 1785

Not on View

Medium

terracotta

Dimensions

overall: 71.1 x 116.8 cm (28 x 46 in.)

Credit Line

Widener Collection

Accession Number

1942.9.109

Artists / Makers

Clodion (artist) French, 1738 - 1814

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: CLODION

Provenance

d'Yvonne Collection. Purchased 1915/1918 by Joseph E. Widener; inheritance from Estate of Peter A.B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, after purchase by funds of the Estate;[1] gift 1942 to NGA.

[1] Owner prior to Wideners from Widener catalogue notes, in NGA curatorial files. The exact date of purchase for the Widener collection is not established. The object appears on the appraisal of the collection made when it was given to the National Gallery as having been purchased after Peter A. B. Widener's death in 1915, and Edith Standen, the Widener's curator, determined that it was purchased prior to 1918, as it appears in a typewritten inventory that was drawn up after 1917 and before 1919.

Associated Names

Widener, Joseph E.
d'Yvonne

Bibliography

1948: Paintings and Sculpture from the Widener Collection. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1948 (reprinted 1959): 135, repro.

1965: Summary Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1965: 149.

1968: National Gallery of Art. European Paintings and Sculpture, Illustrations. Washington, 1968: 132, repro.

1992: Poulet, Anne L., and Guilhem Scherf. Clodion: 1738-1814. Exh. cat. Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1992: 439, fig. 257.

1994: Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 45, repro.