SculptureFrench19th-20th century

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

19th-20th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Jean-Antoine HoudonArtist after

Classification

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Culture

French

Century

19th-20th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Paintings, Sculpture & Decorative Arts

Dimensions

34 x 29.6 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 11 5/8 x 9 13/16 in.) with base: 47.8 cm (18 13/16 in.)

Provenance

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

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