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Girl Holding Doves

18th century

Claude Michel (called Clodion)

French, 1738-1814

Marble

23 5/8 x 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (60.01 x 21.59 x 21.59 cm)

Gift of Mrs. David L. Stone

59.134

Provenance: Mrs. David L. Stone, Tacoma, to 1959; as gift to Seattle Art Museum, August 4, 1959

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySan Francisco, California, Palace of the Legion of Honor, "Man, Glory, Jest and Riddle: A Survey of the Human Form through the Ages," November 10, 1964-January 3, 1965, cat. no. 158.

Published ReferencesSeattle Art Museum, Annual Report of the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1959, fig. 30

California Palace of the Legion of Honor. "Man, Glory, Jest and Riddle: A Survey of the Human Form through the Ages," San Francisco: M.H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, 1965, cat. no. 158

Poulet, Anne L. and Guilhem Scherf. "Clodion: 1783-1814," Paris: Reunion des Musees Nationaux, 1992, p. 363, 435

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