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  • Title: Head of Christ
  • Creator: Jean-Baptiste Clésinger (French, 1814-1883)
  • Date Created: 1867
  • Physical Dimensions: Overall: 38 x 19.2 x 21.9 cm (14 15/16 x 7 9/16 x 8 5/8 in.); without base: 31 cm (12 3/16 in.)
  • Provenance: Noah L. Butkin, Cleveland
  • Type: Sculpture
  • Rights: CC0
  • External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1980.247
  • Medium: silvered bronze, marble base
  • Inscriptions: Signed in cut of right proper shoulder: "J. Clesinger, 1867"; inscribed in cut of left proper shoulder: "POUSSIELGUE RUSAND PARIS"; struck immediately above circular base: "17662"
  • Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
  • Culture: France, 19th century
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
  • Collection: Mod Euro - Sculpture 1800-1960
  • Accession Number: 1980.247

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