French Cock Crowing

model c. 1860/1894, cast possibly 1890s/c. 1914

Auguste-Nicolas Cain

Sculptor, French, 1821 - 1894

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On View

West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G8

Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Black Gallery, New York); sold 31 May 1966 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[1] gift 1980 to NGA.
[1] Donor records, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1974

  • Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 37, repro.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 52-55, color repro.

Inscriptions

incised into model on front of self-base and enhanced with coldwork: CAIN; foundry cachet inset after casting at rear of self-base

Markings

FM: SUSSE FRÉRES EDITEURS / .PARIS.

Wikidata ID

Q63854557

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