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Portrait bust of a man
Style of: Ligier Richier (died in 1572)
French (Metz)
about 1540
Object Place: Europe, Metz, France
Medium/Technique
Stone; Limestone
Dimensions
71.75 cm (28 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson
Accession Number1983.39
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionPortrait bust of a man, limestone. With wide hat, slashed doublet, and cape.
Provenance16th century, created to adorn the façade of the house at 33, rue de la Fournirue (the so-called “Maison des Têtes”), Metz, France; 1913, removed from the façade and sold to an American collector [see note]. 1962, Blumka Gallery, New York; April 26, 1962, sold by Blumka to R. Thornton Wilson (b. 1886 - d. 1977), New York; 1983, bequest of R. Thornton Wilson to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1983)
NOTE: This is one of five busts that were removed from the façade of the sixteenth-century building at this time; in 1973, the four others were purchased by the Musée de la Cour d’Or, Metz (inventory nos. 73.5.16a-d). On their history, see Musées de Metz: Dossiers d’oeuvres (Musées de la Cour d’Or, Metz, 2007), p. 74.
NOTE: This is one of five busts that were removed from the façade of the sixteenth-century building at this time; in 1973, the four others were purchased by the Musée de la Cour d’Or, Metz (inventory nos. 73.5.16a-d). On their history, see Musées de Metz: Dossiers d’oeuvres (Musées de la Cour d’Or, Metz, 2007), p. 74.