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Diana


Companion "chausseuse"
French
about 1720
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Wood; Walnut
Dimensions 54.29 cm (21 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Edwin E. Jack Fund
Accession Number64.1465
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionStyle of Guillaume Coustou. Carved in the round, walnut. Crowned, wearing flowing robes, sashed and off left shoulder, leggings and sandals. Left hand (index finger broken off) holds scroll (?), extended right hand broken off. Rectangular plinth with cut corners.
Provenance1964, sold by Rickel Hein (dealer, b. 1897 - d. about 1977/1980), Hein Antiquités, Paris to the MFA . (Accession Date: September 23, 1964)