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Model for a Monument a l'Antique
French or English
dated 1703 or 1793
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
33.66 cm (13 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Charles Amos Cummings Bequest Fund
Accession Number60.1456
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionTerra cotta. Crowned with laurel, beardless figure wearing like a Roman Emperor a loosely folded mantle over decorated cuirass, is seated on a molded bench, his right hand on cornucopia lying under his right leg, staff in left hand.
Signed
On back of bench unidentified signature: F(ecit) P. Nicolez / Be-he St. de Lucas 1793 (1703?).
ProvenanceBy 1960, Rene Whithofs, Brussels. 1960, sold by Whithofs to the MFA for $1,000. (Accession date: December 14, 1960)