Artist
Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falguière French, 1831–1890
CultureFrench
Titles
- Head of Diana
Dateafter 1882
PlaceParis, France
MediumBronze
Dimensions23 1/8 × 14 3/4 × 11 1/8 in. (58.8 × 37.5 × 28.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Morton A. Cohn, Meredith J. Long, and Fayez Sarofim in honor of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. at "One Great Night in November, 1994"
Object number94.449
Not on view
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Department
Arts of Europe and the MediterraneanObject Type
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "The Moon: "Houston, Tranquility Base Here. The Eagle Has Landed", Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Foundation Galleries, September 27, 2009 - January 10, 2010.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Signed on the bust's proper left shoulder: "A. Falquière"; founder's stamp, backside of bronze base: "THIEBAUT FRÈRES FONDEURS PARIS".
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Jean-Léon Gérôme
c. 1902
Gilt bronze mounted on worked granite
2005.1066
