id: 123530 accession number: 1944.126.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.126.1 updated: 2024-03-26 01:57:57.727000 Firedog, c. 1785. France, 18th century. Gilt bronze; overall: 50.3 x 46.3 x 14 cm (19 13/16 x 18 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.126.1 title: Firedog title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1785 creation date earliest: 1780 creation date latest: 1790 current location: 202 French Neoclassical Decorative Arts creditline: The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection copyright: --- culture: France, 18th century technique: gilt bronze department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Furniture type: Furniture and woodwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 50.3 x 46.3 x 14 cm (19 13/16 x 18 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- 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). title: Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution opening date: 2002-10-05T00:00:00 Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution. Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 5, 2002-January 5, 2003). title: Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession opening date: 2023-04-01T04:00:00 Egyptomania: Fashion's Conflicted Obsession. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1, 2023-January 28, 2024). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'description': 'Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio (10/5/2002 - 1/5/2003), "Jefferson in Paris: Fashion on the Eve of the French Revolution"', 'opening_date': '2002-10-05T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Marquis of Hertford, Paris; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland Heights, Ohio. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Prentiss, Elisabeth Severance, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection; Bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Published as: Pair of Firedogs, chenets page number: Mentioned: p. 61; Reproduced: Plate XXVIII url: https://archive.org/details/Prentiss/page/n63 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. 157 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n181 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. 157 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n181 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. 189 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n209 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.126.1/1944.126.1_full.tif