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Bust of Claude-Adrien Helvetius
Copied after: Jean-Jacques Caffieri (French, 1725–1792)
French (?)
Late 19th century
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Metal; bronze
Dimensions
64.77 cm (25 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2229
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionBronze bust of Helvetius, on square marble base. Facing right; wig with bow on back. Signed and dated 1772-Posthumous caste.
Marks
signed and dated on edge of right shoulder truncation, inscribed before casting: JJ Caffieri 1772
ProvenanceBy 1935, André J. Seligmann, Paris; November 20, 1935, sold by Seligmann to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)