Auguste Préault
Le Silence

Le Silence

Public Domain

Le Silence
ArtistFrench, 1809–1879
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Le Silence
Date1842–1843
MediumPlaster
Dimensions15 15/16 × 15 15/16 × 7 3/4 in. (40.5 × 40.5 × 19.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Fayez Sarofim in memory of Maxwell Alexander Sarofim at “One Great Night in November, 2015”
Object number2015.281
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
On view

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Department
Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean
Object Type
ProvenancePrivate collection, France; [De Bayser Gallery, Paris]; [Daniel Katz, London, summer 2015]; given to MFHA by Fayez Sarofim, 2015.

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