Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet) (1694-1778)
19th-20th century
Artists
Dimensions
26.5 x 19 x 9.5 cm (10 7/16 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.) With black marble base: 42.8 x 19 x 9.5 cm (16 7/8 x 7 1/2 x 3 3/4 in.)
Provenance
The artist; to Jean-Antoine Voltaire [1], gift; to M. Lacombe, 1812, bequesated to M. Th.-J.-B. Prieur, bequest; to Hippolyte Prieru. Marquis de Biron, sold [Paris, June 1914]; to Therese Kuhn Straus, New York, 1914, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1978 Notes [1] According to family legend. See 1914 sale catalogue
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