Nymphs Holding Aloft a Platter Charged with Fruit

Gallery 388, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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Nymphs Holding Aloft a Platter Charged with Fruit

c. 1785-1793

Claude Michel, called Clodion (French (active Paris), 1738–1814)

This sculpture, its pendant group, and an identical pair of plaster groups now in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, were made to occupy corner niches in the dining room at 44 Rue des Petites-Ecuries in Paris, a town house owned by the count de Botterel-Quintin.

Gallery 388, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Nymphs Holding Aloft a Platter Charged with Fruit

Date:

c. 1785-1793

Artist:

Claude Michel, called Clodion (French (active Paris), 1738–1814)

Medium:

Plaster

Dimensions:

Height (without base): 7 feet 5 1/2 inches (227.3 cm)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

Gift of Eva Roberts Stotesbury in memory of Edward T. Stotesbury, 1938

Accession Number:

1938-24-7

Geography:

Made in Paris, France, Europe

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Gallery 388, European Art 1500-1850, third floor

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