The Hoop Artist: Antoine-François Gérard (French, 1760–1843)
After: Jean-Guillaume Moitte (French, 1746–1810)

ca. 1785–1800

European Art

Not on view

Medium

Wax

Dimensions

17 × 39 cm (6 11/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Maitland F. Griggs, B.A. 1896, Fund

Accession Number

1967.37

Culture

French

Period

18th century

Classification

Sculpture

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased from a private collection in Paris by Mrs Walter Feilchenfeldt, dealer, Zurich, until sold to YUAG in 1967.
Bibliography

  • Katherine Neilson and Andrew Carnduff Ritchie, Selected Paintings and Sculpture from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1972), no. 126, ill.

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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