SculptureFrench19th century
John the Baptist
1878-1881
Artists
Auguste RodinArtist
Dimensions
80 x 54.6 x 44.5 cm (31 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
Provenance
? Gustave Danthon, Paris (c. 1917 when it was exhibited in the Rodin exhibition at the Galerie Haussmann), sold; possibly to M. Dandré, Paris (c. 1920-25). [Scott & Fowles, New York, NY (1927)] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, bequested; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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