id: 122183 accession number: 1942.50 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.50 updated: 2022-01-13 10:01:17.640000 Young Girl Carrying a Garland of Roses on a Platter, early 1770s. Clodion (French, 1738-1814). Terracotta; overall: 45.1 x 15.2 x 17.3 cm (17 3/4 x 6 x 6 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey 1942.50 title: Young Girl Carrying a Garland of Roses on a Platter title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 1770s creation date earliest: 1770 creation date latest: 1775 current location: 216B French and German creditline: Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: terracotta department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Clodion (French, 1738-1814) - artist --- measurements: Overall: 45.1 x 15.2 x 17.3 cm (17 3/4 x 6 x 6 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: signed near base: CLODION. translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Neo-classicism: Style and Motif opening date: 1964-09-23T04:00:00 Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE possibly Eugène Tondu, Paris (possibly sold, Paris, 1865, lot no. 205) date: 1865 footnotes: citations: Private collection, France (sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 29, 1914, lot no. 30) date: May 29, 1914 footnotes: citations: Grace Rainey Rogers, 1867-1943 (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art. date: -1942 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1942- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Claude Michel, generally referred to as Clodion, is best known for his decorative terra-cotta statuettes. This work is quite representative of Clodion in both subject and style. The sculpture, which is developed upon works dating from the artist's earlier residency in Rome, represents a standing female figure carrying an abundant display of flora. The figure alludes to Greek and Roman depictions of the horae, or goddesses of the seasons, and, through the figure's floral crown and platter, can easily be attributed to the season of spring. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Hawley, Henry H. Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1964. page number: cat. no. 43 url: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 156 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n180 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 156 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n180 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 188 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n208 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.50/1942.50_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.50/1942.50_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1942.50/1942.50_full.tif