Bust of Fontenelle

mid-late 18th century 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm) Citation Source image

Lemoyne sculpted several busts of the celebrated French writer, Bernard Le Bouvier Fontenelle (1657-1757): the earliest, a terracotta, was shown at the Paris Salon of 1748; another was made for the Academy of Sciences in Paris; and a third was offered in 1759 to the town of Ro...

Sculpture

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Dr. and Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jacobs Sale, Baltimore, December 12, 1940, no. 1084; Walters Art Museum, 1940, by purchase.
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