SculptureFrench19th-20th century

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

after 1793

Artists

François Marie SuzanneArtist

Classification

Sculpture

Technique

Cast

Medium

Plaster

Culture

French

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

41.4 x 17.5 x 13 cm (16 5/16 x 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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