SculptureDanish18th-19th century
The Night
after 1815
Artists
Bertel ThorvaldsenArtist
Dimensions
diameter and depth: 78.3 x 10.2 cm (30 13/16 x 4 in.) framed diameter and depth: 92 x 10.2 cm (36 1/4 x 4 in.)
Provenance
Dr. Horace Gray, Boston, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1949.
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