Cleveland Museum of Art
Young Girl Carrying a Garland of Roses on a Platter
ClodionLinkedCulture matchlcp-7bd336c7aab6
- Date
- early 1770s
- Medium
- terracotta
- Culture
- France, 18th century
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Object ID
- 122183
From the Cleveland Museum of Art record
Claude Michel, generally referred to as Clodion, is best known for his decorative terra-cotta statuettes. This work is quite representative of Clodion in both subject and style. The sculpture, which is developed upon works dating from the artist's earlier residency in Rome, represents a standing female figure carrying an abundant display of flora. The figure alludes to Greek and Roman depictions of the horae, or goddesses of the seasons, and, through the figure's floral crown and platter, can easily be attributed to the season of spring.
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Provenance & credit
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- Credit line
- Gift of Grace Rainey Rogers in memory of her father, William J. Rainey
- Provenance
- 1865: possibly Eugène Tondu, Paris (possibly sold, Paris, 1865, lot no. 205) | May 29, 1914: Private collection, France (sold, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, May 29, 1914, lot no. 30) | -1942: Grace Rainey Rogers, 1867-1943 (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art. | 1942-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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