id:			157253
accession number:	1994.125
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.125
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:18.415000

Bust of Empress Josephine, 1805. Joseph Chinard (French, 1756–1825). Terracotta; overall: 29.6 x 17 x 11 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Ethlyne J. Seligman 1994.125

title:				Bust of Empress Josephine
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creation date:			1805
creation date earliest:		1805
creation date latest:		1805
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creditline:			Bequest of Ethlyne J. Seligman
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culture:	France, 19th century
technique:	terracotta
department:	Modern European Painting and Sculpture
collection:	Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

* Joseph Chinard (French, 1756–1825)  - artist

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measurements: Overall: 29.6 x 17 x 11 cm (11 5/8 x 6 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.)
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	inscription:	inscribed on front of base in ligature:  "chinard a milan"; inscribed on back of base in ligature:  "chinard/de/l'institut m(al?)/membre de plusiere [sp]/ academies/milan-an l (3?)"
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PROVENANCE

	Comte Penha Longa (Paris, France);
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	Possibly sold, Penha Longa sale, Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, December 2, 1911, to André J. Seligman
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	Possibly André J. Seligman (Paris, France), possibly by inheritance to his son and daughter-in-law Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman.
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	Possibly Germain and Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon his death, by inheritance to Ethlyne J. Seligman.
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	Ethlyne J. Seligman, upon her death, held in trust by the estate.
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	Estate of Ethlyne J. Seligman, by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1994.
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