Study for a River God (Un Fleuve)

Artist Jean-Jacques Caffieri French, 1725 - 1792

Date1756

Place of OriginFrance

MediumTerracotta, marble base

DimensionsOverall: 6 1/2 x 6 11/16 x 4 1/2 in. (16.5 x 17 x 11.4 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde

Object number1971.91

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European Paintings & Sculpture

SignedIn the clay on the underside of the back, "fait par. JJ. Caffieri. 1756"

InscribedOn the underside, beneath the figure's left shoulder: "D.W./1629" in ink,varnished over. Probably an inventory number for the David-Weill collection, previous owners. On the underside of the socle: A manufactured label, pre-glued, rectangular with cut corners, red border inscribed in ink, the first two lines in cursive "Caffieri /'La Fleuve' / (illegible--D-W?)1629" and "STE" in the lower right. Also. a tiny fragment of another, probably earlier, pre-printed label with black border. No writing.

Exhibition History"The Painterly and the Picturesque: Trends in Eighteenth Century European Art," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Sept. 23- Dec. 30, 2001.ProvenanceParis, France, David-Weill Collection
by 1940, New York, NY, Wildenstein & Co. Inc.
1944, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1952, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust, Gift of Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde