id:			154246
accession number:	1988.59
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.59
updated:		2025-03-12 11:05:12.498000

Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck, c. 1775. Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828). Terracotta; overall: 49.5 x 40 x 28.5 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); with base: 64 x 39.3 x 28.1 cm (25 3/16 x 15 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1988.59

title:				Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck
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creation date:			c. 1775
creation date earliest:		1770
creation date latest:		1780
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creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	terracotta
department:	European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Sculpture
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Jean-Antoine Houdon (French, 1741–1828)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 49.5 x 40 x 28.5 cm (19 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 11 1/4 in.); with base: 64 x 39.3 x 28.1 cm (25 3/16 x 15 1/2 x 11 1/16 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed in plaster fill in back at bottom:  Houdon FT 177[4?].  Since this inscription was clearly added after the terracotta was fired, it cannot be considered a signature.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

	title:		Rococo, Revolution, Restoration
	opening date:   1989-07-11T04:00:00
	<i>Rococo, Revolution, Restoration</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 11-September 24, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Possibly René Huyghe, 1906-1997 (Paris, France)
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	Michael Hall Fine Arts, Inc. (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1988.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"The Year in Review for 1988." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 76, no. 2 (1989): 30-75.
	page number: 	p. 68, no. 20, repr. p. 30
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25160061

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IMAGES

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