Head of Christ
1867
Jean-Baptiste Clésinger
Jean-Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814–1883)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Head of Christ, 1867. Jean-Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814–1883). Silvered bronze, marble base; overall: 38 x 19.2 x 21.9 cm (14 15/16 x 7 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); without base: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Noah L. Butkin 1980.247
- Maker/Artist
- Clésinger, Jean Baptiste
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- silvered bronze, marble base
- Dimensions
- Overall: 38 x 19.2 x 21.9 cm (14 15/16 x 7 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); without base: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Signed in cut of right proper shoulder: "J. Clesinger, 1867"; inscribed in cut of left proper shoulder: "POUSSIELGUE RUSAND PARIS"; struck immediately above circular base: "17662"
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1980.247
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1980, CMA 1981: "Year in Review 1980," Bulletin, LXVIII (June 1981), p. 212, cat. #37<br>CMA 1982: The Age of Bronze, July 13-October 17, 1982, no. cat.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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